Separate CSS files VS One CSS file (@Media)

[theste]

hi all,

Can I hear your thoughts on which one of these gives best performance in the would of responsive web design.

Example of separate CSS files –

Example of one CSS file –

@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) {
/* Style */
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
/* Style */
}

[Qoopido]

Afaik any browser will load both stylesheets, no matter if the media query matches or not. so from a pure performance view the latter alternative should be just a tiny bit better. But from a maintainability point of view i would tend to use the first version anyway :)

[rosspenman]

I think that the first way is better. While browsers will load both, some newer browsers (latest WebKit) will delay the loading of a stylesheet that doesn’t currently apply until after the page has been shown and everything else has been loaded.

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