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Google Chrome and Safari still download the image files in the background

Posted by alanburke on July 9, 2010 at 2:24pm
Project:Data URI Sprites Generator
Component:Code
Category:bug report
Priority:minor
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed (fixed)

Issue Summary

The resources tab of the developer tool that comes with Chrome/Safari shows that all background images within the CSS file get downloaded, regardless of whether or not they are shown.
So the CSS sprites file overwrites rule is used to display the image, but the image file is still downloaded in the background.
I guess it's just being smart - the images might get used as some point, eg with a javsascript event.

This isn't an issue with Firefox or Internet Explorer.
I ran a network sniffer to confirm this.
It's only a minor issue

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#1

Posted by alanburke on July 9, 2010 at 2:25pm

If the method for generating the files changes as in #849508: Fails on aggregated CSS files - Plan of attack.,
this can be avoided.

#2

Posted by Dmitriy.trt on July 17, 2010 at 7:09am
Status:active» fixed

According to Resource Tracker in Chrome original images are not downloading, see #849508: Fails on aggregated CSS files - Plan of attack.

http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=394188

#3

Posted by System Message on July 31, 2010 at 7:10am
Status:fixed» closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.