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		goldfeld on Dec 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Icons for Web and Other Businesses Just curious, wouldn't a zip file accomplish the same objective?

vinothgopi on Dec 3, 2012 [–]

He means when displaying the icons on a webpage. You use one big tiff file, which is loaded using just one connection. Then with CSS you choose which part of the big tiff file you want displayed (as an icon). Like "show the second icon on the 5th row". Try googling "CSS Sprites".

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