alt Hacker NewsWhy does every webpage not encode its images as base64 data?
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deafpolygon • today at 5:52 AM
load times… much easier to deliver a small html page quickly, then allow progressive downloads on images.
Why does every webpage not encode its images as base64 data?
load times… much easier to deliver a small html page quickly, then allow progressive downloads on images.
Because web browsers support hyperlinking there is no need to embed everything into one big html file