Perceived download time (was RE: [thelist] Really dumb question.. .)

[jcanfield at magisnetworks.com]

> I was under the impression that slicing was still A Good
> Thing (tm) even with XHTML/CSS2... two 10Kb graphics would
> download twice as fast as one 10Kb graphic, no?

Even if you mean two 10k vs. one 20k, not really. It takes the same amount
of time for 20k to download no matter how you slice it. But the issue is not
download time, it's *perceived* download time.

joel