On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Trevor Parscal <tpars...@wikimedia.org>wrote:
> In VisualEditor we ended up putting all CSS rules that include images in > *.icons-raster.css and *.icons-vector.css files, which are loaded > dynamically based on the window.devicePixelRatio property. > > It has it's flaws, but the good thing is that it spares the device from > loading both versions. I dislike the approach we are using and am open > minded to alternatives, but any solution that makes a client load both > isn't really going to work. > It's great to avoid loading both when you can, and with CSS icons that's relatively doable. For what it's worth though, a (different) load-both scenario is in actual use on http://www.apple.com/ It's not perfect, but as a workaround until srcset is live I'm happy enough with it. Think of it as progressive loading. ;) -- brion _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
