XPMJS
Very little library to use pseudo-XPM images in javascript.
Usage example:
<div id="cvs"></div>
var xpmImage = XPM.create(
'24 24 2 1',
' c #AAA',
'x c #000',
' xxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxx ',
' xxxx ',
' xx ',
' xxxx ',
' xxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ',
' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
)
document.getElementById('cvs').appendChild(xpmImage)
It is not faster than .drawImage
, check it out by yourself there. It may catch up with it after caching for multiple times, but it will always be slower.
However, it may have some use, as you can see here. Mainly, bandwidth saving, reuse of the same icon with different colors and quick editing of those icons.