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Yep. The browser sends an "Accept-Encoding" header as part of its request (with a list of what it supports). And the server can respond back with one of the enc
by ojbyrne 18y ago
Yep. The browser sends an "Accept-Encoding" header as part of its request (with a list of what it supports). And the server can respond back with one of the encodings listed. Most modern browser support compression I believe.
- maximilian 18y agoThats pretty kickin. If I made websites for a living I would look into that further.
- bkbleikamp 18y agoMost people who work on large scale websites know about it :)
- kirubakaran 18y agogzipping saves bandwidth at the cost of cpu cycles. So it may or may not be a good idea, depending on what you are trying to save.