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Only if your browser game requires UTF-16 strings.

• duskwuff 9y ago
  More specifically: only if you will be storing/transmitting data in UTF-16. If you're using UTF-8, base85 is much better.
  • sratner 9y ago
    Javascript strings are UTF-16 (or maybe it was UCS-2?)
    • duskwuff 9y ago
      Javascript strings behave like UCS-2, but they can be stored in memory however the interpreter likes, and they're typically written to disk or the network as UTF-8.