[thelist] Slicing images -- opinion?

[David Siedband]

Being meticulous about slicing is a good thing, especially figuring out  
what slices you can tile and using background-repeat CSS.

The bytes your saving on each page can translate to a lot of bandwidth  
as your site traffic increases.

--
David



On Jul 28, 2004, at 7:30 AM, James Denholm-Price wrote:

> Developer Shed has a clear How-To article on slicing images with
> Photoshop:  
> http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Photoshop/Slicing-and-Saving-Graphics- 
> in-Photoshop-for-Use-on-the-Web/
>
> Having read it I just wondered what the community thought: How
> important do you think it is to save bytes in this way? I've never
> done it myself -- is it a bit old-fashioned these days?