"Proper" Image Delivery on the Web
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Essentially he currently uses Picturefill (https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill). From Davidsons' blog: "It’s a compact bit of JavaScript which supports a syntax that mimics the Picture Element Proposal. In a nutshell, it uses CSS media queries to sort out the most appropriate image to use out of a set."
Looks promising.
Reminds me of the Finder icons for PCs on your network. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=378638
Very passive agressive