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		mikeratcliffe on Aug 29, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CSS Sprites vs. Data URIs: Which is faster on mobi... Inlining all of your images as data URIs in your CSS is not a good idea because it will block the rest of the stylesheet from loading whilst images will not.

shawnjan8 on Aug 29, 2013 [–]

and thusly will block the document from loading, most likely delaying first paint.

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