- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:54:41 -0700
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- CC: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
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
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