Forgot to mention that are also some absolutely useless static resources included.

An empty file: /javax.faces.resource/yui3.js.iface?ln=org.icefaces.component.util
http://www.patternrepository.com/web-interface/javax.faces.resource/yui3.js.iface?ln=org.icefaces.component.util
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/*

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A stylesheet which just contains an import command: /javax.faces.resource/slider.css.iface?ln=org.icefaces.component.sliderentry
http://www.patternrepository.com/web-interface/javax.faces.resource/slider.css.iface?ln=org.icefaces.component.sliderentry
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/* load core styling from YUI library */
@import url('/web-interface/javax.faces.resource/yui/3_1_1/slider/assets/slider-core.css.iface');
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We are aware of most of these issues and are working towards major improvements, current thinking is for 2.1.

An other issue is that in the released version none of the static resources are optimized nor compressed which would save a significant amount of bandwidth.

To summarize it:

• use less static resources
• optimize and compress them
• use sprites
• combine JavaScript and CSS files to two big files as this would save a lot of HTTP requests

Is there any chance that this could be incorporated into a small release?

was:
When using the resent version of the Icefaces ACE components (v2) a lot of static resources (hereinafter ICE resources) are embedded. In total 66 JavaScript and CSS files are embedded which make the system practically unusable. In total ~1mb has to be downloaded on the first request in order to display the page. After that caching is not optimal as ICE resources are only allowed to be cached for ten minutes.

An other issue is that in the released version none of the static resources are optimized nor compressed which would save a significant amount of bandwidth.

To summarize it:

• use less static resources
• optimize and compress them
• use sprites
• combine JavaScript and CSS files to two big files as this would save a lot of HTTP requests

Is there any chance that this could be incorporated into a small release?

Marking fixed as of 3.1.