So, essentially, the image itself is embedded in the CSS file?<div><br></div><div>I'm still uneasy about it, but that could be due to lack of understanding. And I still question whether it's actually necessary.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
That's not a URL. That's the actual image content itself.<br>
<br>
Data URI's are better than URLs in that they don't require an extra<br>
http connection to get the image content. For small images, the image<br>
itself can simply be placed inline and you save on the extra hit to<br>
the server.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
-Otto<br>
</font><div class="im"><br>
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> What is the valid/legitimate use here? Why can't the image URL simply be<br>
> output in cleartext?<br>
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