How to Improve web page performance by using Image Sprite
In this post i have shared, how we can improve a web page performance by using image sprite technique. this technique is independent of platform. we can use this approach either in java or .net and any other web development technologies. By using CSS sprites technique we can reduce the number of HTTP requests made for image resources, by merging images into a single file. What Is a Sprite? Sprites are two-dimensional images which are made up of combining small images into one larger image at defined X and Y coordinates. To display a single image from the combined image, we can use the CSS background-position property, defining the exact position of the image to be displayed. Advantages of Using CSS Image Sprite A web page with many images, particularly many small images, such as icons, buttons, etc. can take a long time to load and generates multiple server ...