No I mean "minifying" like Paulo pointed out. Basically what it does is strip white-space, comments, shortens variable names, uses shorthand, etc, etc
approximately a 50% file-size reduction... YUI works for both JS and CSS I usually use uncompressed stuff for development but compress everything for production... just wanted to hear others opinions! On Oct 15, 11:13 pm, "André Ferreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Compressing CSS files? You mean using shorthand sintax? > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Alex Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i've been recommended to use Yahoo's YUI minifier to not only compress > > js files but also css files. > > > i've also read that compressed files = faster download but takes time > > to "decompress" for usage > > > so where's the line? > > > for example is it worth compressing a 5KB css file into a 3KB file? > > probably not right? > > where would you start? > > > also, are there any drawbacks to compressing css? > > thanks! > > -- > André Ferreira > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with CSS" at Google groups. To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
