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I am thinking of using base64 encoded images for a site I am working on to optimize the load time.
Anyways, before I start, I was wondering: what are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this?
At the moment, I don’t see any disadvantage but also I noticed that it is not a technique used very often and that makes me wonder if I didn’t miss something.
After googleing the subject I didn’t find anything clear so I decided to ask here.
It’s only useful for very tiny images. Base64 encoded files are larger than the original. The advantage lies in not having to open another connection and make a HTTP request to the server for the image. This benefit is lost very quickly so there’s only an advantage for large numbers of very tiny individual images.