Flag images alternative options

[Snake]

Hi there,

Because Google is getting so hot on web page speed i have been running test on my site.

40% of load time is down to loading the 30 or so translator flag images.

This is not a bug or fault just a quest to have a fast site.

What alternatives are there to combat this?

I tried the drop down menu but do not believe Google can crawl the links.

Could we/you convert the current flags to css sprites so they load as one image rather than 30 separate images?

Any other options welcome please.

Thanks.