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When Amazon Sprites go bad (on Facebook URL Preview)

I was posting a comment onto Facebook today and I had to laugh when the URL image preview displayed this – a sprite – instead of another image or Logo.

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The sprite in question is the “page furniture” with navigation elements, icons etc

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It is served from a custom, cookie-free domain, with a far futures expiry date (Cache-Control:max-age=605381123)

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/gno/images/orangeBlue/navPackedSprites-UK-15._V202471918_.png

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Nice to see that Amazon are following the #webperf best practices, even if it confuses the heck out of Facebook on occasion!

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