[whatwg] Built-in image sprite support in HTML5

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net> wrote:

> > HTTP-level solutions are vulnerable to broken proxies and caches, of
> which
> > there are many. This is why HTTP pipelining doesn't really work.
>
> Yeah I know, but does that mean HTML should work around lack of
> features in HTTP? I mean you could say HTML5 is vulnerable to broken
> browsers :-)
>

Yes, but if the browser has a bug it is much easier to detect, fix and
deploy the fix.

Rob
-- 
"He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are
healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his
own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah
53:5-6]
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