Use sprites instead of separate images

[jussi-kalliokoski]

Less requests, and less load in general.

Also, fixes the preloading issue caused by the fact that the image paths are hardcoded and don't refer to the right place, unless the page is running in the script's working directory (which also means unnecessary 404 requests).

Is there a tool for this, to save the trouble from manually doing it, maintaining sprites is chaos?

[nddrylliog]

See http://compass-style.org/help/tutorials/spriting/

[devongovett]

What about embedding the images right in the CSS as base64? Seems easier to do and makes for even one fewer request!