With a fair amount of caution and curiousity, I tried this service with a horrible name, CSS Superdouche. According to the site:
This tool can significantly reduce the size and complexity of your CSS by programmatically stripping unneeded content, stripping redundant calls, and intelligently grouping the remaining element names.
After deciding to give it a whirl, I noticed two things—first it reduced my blogs’ CSS file by a whole 1k (which isn’t much) and secondly, when I implemented the “cleansed” CSS file my layout was, well, jacked up! Uh-oh! So I quickly pasted my original CSS back in place and all was right with the world and my blog. Apparently the tool isn’t as intelligent as claimed.
I don’t know why it messed up my sites’ layout but it did and that was enough for me to confirm that caution needs to be used when implementing these kinds of services. Who knows, maybe I’m writing my CSS incorrectly in the first place—though it does validate—but if a tool that is “dugg” by over 1,000 people is going to be offered, the developer needs, at the least, have a disclaimer along with it—something that reads use at your own risk.
If you are going to use this kind of service, please be sure to back up your original file because more than likely, you’re going to need it.
My name’s Jen; I’m a cynical, sarcastic, ex-drummer who is fond of dark humor. I've held way too many factory & retail jobs but finally found my calling one Christmas holiday in a dark, musty basement. I am now a CSS & XHTML web standards looney and can be found daily—when I’m not at my Mac—at the local fair-trade coffee shop buying an iced-soy mocha no matter the temperature.
I am also the owner of Pop Stalin Design specializing in CSS & XHTML web design as well as custom WordPress themes.
CSS Superdouche?! - you’ve got to be kidding - right?
This tool worked fine for me. Reduced my file by 23.1% and worked like a dream at Z6.
@felix Nope, not kidding at all, wish I were.
@Digilee I didn’t have the same experience as I wrote but I’m glad it worked well for you.
wow. that has got to be the worst name ever.
The image makes it look like a paperback mid-90s woman sexual health book! Diggin that name though