CSS sprites and IE6

Question

Does IE6 support css-sprites?

Answer 1

You can also use Glue http://gluecss.com/ It's an open-source command line tool to generate sprites.

Answer 2

Sprites can work perfectly in ie6. But a png image will not work, so use a gif. If you process a gif with Smush.it to losslessly remove overhead, you might get a file size smaller than the corresponding png.

Answer 3

Yes. If you're using PNGs though you should consider a few things. Here is a decent summary of IE 6 PNG issues:

http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6

Answer 4

Browsers which support background-position property will support CSS sprites also.

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Answer 5

You could just use an online sprites generator. There are so many of them available for free and most of them support all browsers.

Answer 6

Yes.

CSS sprites is just a technique to use offset on background images to display different parts of the same image in different elements.

I use CSS sprites on for example the main menu on the website of the company I work for, and the flags on my own web site. I started using it before it was even called CSS sprites...