using doomhz / jQuery-Image-Cache to prevent repeated server fetching. about raty HOT 5 CLOSED

Hi @charlesjshort,

The browser will cache the image on the first fetch and then provide the cached image.
What is the advantages of it?

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Because Raty changes the images on hover, even if the browser caches the image with lengthy expire time I found that some will still call the server for the same images over and over again to see if the image has changed when the user hovers; caching eliminates the unnecessary calls. I think its typical to use sprite positioning for these types of hover effects to eliminate redundant calls; but Raty does not use sprites.

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But when we have the same URL the browser gets the cached image, not doing other request.

Raty use icon to avoid CSS, it is the ideia.

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Though it did use a cached version, I was unable to prevent the Chrome browser from fetching the image file again.

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Hi,

Try to do a clean pull request, with specs.
Now we have font support, then the code changed a bit.

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