Speed up image spriting with Compass
minute read. Posted on February 3, 2014 in Code & Design CSS
Creating image icon sprites is a common development practice to save some file weight and reduce HTTP requests. But there’s one pitfall to using sprites: maintenance. Adding more icons to sprites or editing them is a real pain and takes valuable time away from writing code, especially when you have to recalculate the positions of the icons within your sprite and update your CSS accordingly.