Tony White runs the one-man show Ask the CSS Guy, an after-hours blog devoted to peeking under the hood of CSS and JavaScript web-design techniques, as well as troubleshooting CSS-related problems. He resides in Memphis, Tennessee.
Some of you may remember the days when 30KB was the recommended maximum size of a web page, a value which included HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and images. I find with every new project with even the slightest bit of complexity, it’s not long before that 30 KB ideal is well out of my reach. With the popularity of CSS layouts and JavaScript-enriched web page experiences, it’s not uncommon, particularly for large sites, for the CSS files alone to jump well beyond that 30KB ceiling.
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