Re: [css3-images] Extending Jorrit's sprite proposal to irregular coordinates

Aryeh Gregor wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Tab Atkins Jr.<jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
>> After some more thought since January, I like Jorrit's sprite
>> proposal[1].  It solves the problem of defining sprites in a single
>> location quite well, so if you need to adjust the positioning of the
>> sprites you need only make a change in one place.
>>
>> However, it fails to address sprites that are spaced irregularly on a
>> grid.  This can happen if one has multiple dissimilar images they are
>> trying to sprite, such as the Google image Jorrit references[2].
> 
> Can't we just require for simplicity that the sprites be evenly
> spaced?  If they're different sizes, the author can choose a spacing
> large enough to fit the largest.  I assume the extra stretches of
> empty space wouldn't add noticeable filesize.

See Tab's response, but see also
   http://blog.vlad1.com/2009/06/22/to-sprite-or-not-to-sprite/

~fantasai