Sending more data to primarily empower mobile devices sounds rather
counter-intuitive
On Sep 18, 2012 7:06 PM, "Brion Vibber" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Trevor Parscal <[email protected]
> >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
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