http requests, using sprites and file sizes -
- by crazy sarah
Hi all I'm in the process of finding out all about sprites and how they can speed up your pages.
So I've used spriteMe to create a overall sprite image which is 130kb, this is made up of 14 images with a combined total size of about 65kb
So is it better to have one http request and a file size of 130kb or 14 requests for a total of 65kb?
Also there is a detailed image which has been put into the spite which caused it's size to go up by about 60kb odd, this used to be a seperate jpg image which was only 30kb. Would I be better off having it seperate and suffering the additional request?