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Thordarson's Website - DataURLMaker

Thordarson's Website - DataURLMaker
DATAURL.NET is home to some open source tools for creating and working with Data URLs (RFC 2397). Two of these tools are web-based and available here: Data URL Maker converts files to Data URLs.Data URL CSS Optimizer optimizes CSS files by embedding external images as Data URLs. Various modules, code examples and GUI/command line tools for UNIX systems are available in Downloads. What are Data URLs? Data URLs are a Uniform Resource Identifier scheme that allow you to include data items inline in a web page as if they were being referenced as external resources. History The data URL scheme was defined in RFC 2397 specification of the Internet Engineering Task Force. What do Data URLs look like? Data URLs use the following syntax: data:[mimetype][;base64],[data] Let's say we have a small file icon image we want to embed in an HTML document. This HTML tag would display the following image: Advantages of Data URLs Using Data URLs for the web can have several advantages: Data URLs save HTTP requests.

Hidden Firefix Secrets Revealed The best thing about Firefox is that just when you think you know everything there is to know about the browser, something new comes along and surprises you. Here are few hidden tips and tricks. Maybe these are old hat and you know them already. Or maybe you had no idea these could be done. Lets see how many of these you know already. 1. 2. 3. Middle click on link (opens in new tab) Shift-scroll down (previous page) Shift-scroll up (next page) Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size) Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size) Middle click on a tab (closes tab) 4. 5. 6. 0: Display a close button on the active tab only 1: (Default) Display close buttons on all tabs 2: Don’t display any close buttons 3: Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior) 7. For example, suppose you search The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) on a regular basis. To create a Smart Keyword you can follow the steps given in this Tutorial 8. You might be interested in the following Articles Firefox tricks

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