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The Base64 issue should be relatively minor as long as you're gzip-encoding everything your server sends. (the iPhone supports that, right?) Each base64 byte on
by pmjordan 18y ago
The Base64 issue should be relatively minor as long as you're gzip-encoding everything your server sends. (the iPhone supports that, right?) Each base64 byte only has 6 bits of entropy so it'll compress well. I'd be more worried about maintaining efficient caching with this technique.
- tlrobinson 18y agoGood point. I did a quick test with a 190K PNG. Base64 encoded then gzipped it was almost exactly the same size as the original gzipped.