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Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Re: Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Post by coderdude »

Apofis wrote: post #17

So, the million dollar question: is it faster to use these, images/sprites, icon fonts? The trade-off I'm assuming is download/load speed vs. cpu load?

Don't forget about compatibility. You can be reasonably sure that font icons will display the same everywhere. CSS-based icons are all over the map compatibility-wise (display issues across browsers).

Re: Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Post by cabmaddux »

turshija wrote: post #15

Really nice icons, good job ! One suggestion for animated icons: add "animated" and "stopped" states if you didn't already.

Thanks! I've tested "stopped" states and have it on my ToDo list, but need to just take a moment and get it done.

Re: Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Post by cabmaddux »

Retr0spectrum wrote: post #19

Some of the currencies look a bit off for me: http://i.imgur.com/GhjPBr7.png I'm using Firefox on Arch. I guess it could be something to do with me not having the right fonts installed.

Yeah there are three currency icons that change a lot between browsers because part of the icon is a character. Definitely doesn't really work. Having trouble finding a way to create the central shape with the 3 available elements. May need to scratch them until I can.

Thanks for taking a look at it!

Re: Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Post by cabmaddux »

chrisdotcode wrote: post #14

EDIT: To the author, the download and email icons are the same. This is fantastic. A feature you might not have realized is that it works well with NoScript users. With font-faces considered harmful[0], these icons can be delivered to the user, vulnerability free. [0] https://hackademix.net/2010/03/24/why-noscript-blocks-web-fo...

Thanks very much! I had no idea at all, I'll definitely look into it. Great to hear there's another positive for the project.

I'll take a look back at the email and download icons, good eye.

Re: Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Post by cabmaddux »

illicium wrote: post #22

Not if this is anything more than an academic exercise. Nice effort, but SVG and, to a lesser degree, icon fonts, are better for this sort of thing.

Definitely good for working on a few weird CSS oddities and helped me get better acquainted with GitHub and Bower. I figured being able to work with individual elements within the icon might be a plus over icon fonts, but definitely not as reliable. Otherwise, I also couldn't come up with much over SVG either. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?

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Post by gdix »

coderdude wrote: post #21
Apofis wrote: post #17

So, the million dollar question: is it faster to use these, images/sprites, icon fonts? The trade-off I'm assuming is download/load speed vs. cpu load?

Don't forget about compatibility. You can be reasonably sure that font icons will display the same everywhere. CSS-based icons are all over the map compatibility-wise (display issues across browsers).

Sure, but font icons can only be one color. Can you give an example of a compatibility issue?
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