Using an image file vs data URI in the CSS
- by fudgey
I'm trying to decide the best way to include an image that is required for a script I've written.
I discovered this site and it made me think about trying this method to include the image as a data URI since it was so small - it's a 1x1 pixel 50% opacity png file (used for a background) - it ends up at 2,792 bytes as an image versus 3,746 bytes as text in the CSS.
So would this be considered good practice, or would it just clutter up the CSS unnecessarily?