Comments on: Are CSS Sprites A Mobile Web “Worst Practice?” http://www.cloudfour.com/are-css-sprites-a-mobile-web-worst-practice/ Expert Web and Mobile Design, Development and Strategy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob L. http://www.cloudfour.com/are-css-sprites-a-mobile-web-worst-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-6706 Rob L. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:52:22 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=274#comment-6706 Late to the post, I know, but I found this thread on the first page of Google results for "CSS sprites on BlackBerry" so I figured I'd chime in. Responding to comment #1: just wanted to note that the iPhone won't cache files larger than 25kb (and that's the uncompressed size) at all so that's a huge consideration if you're creating sprites for mobile. http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#under25 Late to the post, I know, but I found this thread on the first page of Google results for “CSS sprites on BlackBerry” so I figured I’d chime in. Responding to comment #1: just wanted to note that the iPhone won’t cache files larger than 25kb (and that’s the uncompressed size) at all so that’s a huge consideration if you’re creating sprites for mobile.

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#under25

]]> By: Barbara Ballard http://www.cloudfour.com/are-css-sprites-a-mobile-web-worst-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 Barbara Ballard Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:05:06 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=274#comment-5567 I would avoid sprites on IE Mobile; last time I checked it was basically no better than Openwave/Access/Au/Blackberry/etc. And I certainly wouldn't use sprites there. But if you are doing a version for higher performance devices, then by all means use sprites. I'm not too sure about the idea of a single sprite sheet, but perhaps a collection of them. I would avoid sprites on IE Mobile; last time I checked it was basically no better than Openwave/Access/Au/Blackberry/etc. And I certainly wouldn’t use sprites there.

But if you are doing a version for higher performance devices, then by all means use sprites. I’m not too sure about the idea of a single sprite sheet, but perhaps a collection of them.

]]> By: Andrew Hedges http://www.cloudfour.com/are-css-sprites-a-mobile-web-worst-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Andrew Hedges Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:36:57 +0000 http://www.cloudfour.com/?p=274#comment-5400 Yes, "know thy browser." I would need to test it (or be Peter-Paul Koch!) to know for sure, but my guess is that WebKit- and Opera-based browsers will handle sprites just fine. The dangerous ground is likely to be IE Mobile. Even on the desktop web, there is a point where sprites can be too large to be helpful. Personally, I tend to break up my sprite images into sets of related items. It seems to be a good compromise for saving a few HTTP requests without requiring the user to download mammoth images. Yes, “know thy browser.” I would need to test it (or be Peter-Paul Koch!) to know for sure, but my guess is that WebKit- and Opera-based browsers will handle sprites just fine. The dangerous ground is likely to be IE Mobile. Even on the desktop web, there is a point where sprites can be too large to be helpful. Personally, I tend to break up my sprite images into sets of related items. It seems to be a good compromise for saving a few HTTP requests without requiring the user to download mammoth images.

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