#uri (5 links)
- Data URIs make CSS sprites obsolete | NCZOnline nczonline.net
The jury is still out on this'un.
- Why The data: URI Scheme Could Help Save Your Slow Site sitepoint.com
Lots of caveats but useful under certain circumstances.
- rev=canonical: url shortening that doesn't hurt the internet revcanonical.appspot.com
RevCanonical is url shortening with a twist. Instead of creating its own super short versions of links, it checks to see if the link owner has published a shortened version of the given page using HTML link element. If not, we just return the original URL. And you should bug the link owner about providing a better alternative.
- Readability, Uniqueness, Hackability and Meaning in URL Design - Article - andrewingram andrewingram.net
URL design is arguably one of the most important areas of website developement. Not only do URLs generally have huge visual priority in web browsers but they’re also shown on search result listings and get used for matching search terms.