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Data URI The myths

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Base64

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http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3548 Encoding data (files) in plain text

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Data URIs Uniform Resource Identifier

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A way to include data in a web page

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Syntax

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● data - name of the scheme

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● data - name of the scheme ○ image/png - content type

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● data - name of the scheme ○ image/png - content type ● base64 - type of encoding used to encode

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● data - name of the scheme ○ image/png - content type ● base64 - type of encoding used to encode ● IVBOR… - the encoded data

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Why it rocks

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Reduce the number of HTTP requests.

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The ability to embed files inside of others files (CSS, JS, images in-lined in the HTML)

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Performance enhancement.

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Sure?

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Data URI http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131227_FM_JD4/1/details/

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Data URI http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131227_FM_JD4/1/details/

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Data URI http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131227_FM_JD4/1/details/

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Sprites http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131227_WR_JDT/1/details/

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Sprites http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131227_WR_JDT/1/details/

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Sprites http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131227_WR_JDT/1/details/

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Sprites Data URI

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It Sucks!

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Increase the size of your HTML document or CSS file. Sprites Data URI

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Make the files themselves larger.

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Are not separately cached from their containing document

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IE8 limits data URIs to a maximum length of 32 KB.

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It’s a pain to maintain

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Bad User Experience: 100ms interactivity budget.

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Recap

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Are not always the best solution

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Use on very small resources

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Thank you!