The technique of monitoring the requests would be a nice way to automatically generate single packed files of all images. The single file could be broken apart in the browser. At least it seems this should be possible. Ir would be a nice nginx extension.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:46 PM, mgutz <[email protected]> wrote: > How would this work with single page apps? > > > On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:13:16 PM UTC-8, Jake Scott wrote: >> >> Hey guys, I'd like to share a pet project I created over break for >> Express/Koa web servers to eliminate the need for CSS sprite sheets, which >> are generally a pain in the butt to update and maintain. You can see my >> project, called *wan*, in action >> here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZwwAi0MHzE&feature=youtu.be> >> . >> >> And the github here <https://github.com/mako-taco/wan> >> >> The basic premise is this: >> Wan sends the server a list of every image path that the page is >> requesting, and the server streams back the images contents, base64 encoded >> and gzipped. The client streams in the response, setting the src attribute >> of images as it gets their data. Wan lets you have 100% control over the >> order your images load in, as well as how many requests you make to your >> server for images. >> >> Wan also takes advantage of local storage to cache individual images so >> that it doesn't have to request them again, but failing that, can do just >> fine by caching the ajax request. >> >> Please let me know what you guys think and any improvements you might >> want to add in. If reception for the image thing is okay, then I will >> build out wan into a full fledged asset pipeline for Koa, condensing >> scripts and css as well. >> >> Github: https://github.com/mako-taco/wan >> > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
