Posted by FFMG on 08/22/07 14:23

Hi,

I am currently compressing the output of all my pages, (still on the
beta site so I am not 100% sure of the impact).
But I have no idea if I am wasting my server CPU time or not, or more
importantly if I am making any difference to my visitor experience.
Some pages cam be rather large and they are compressed, (from 160K to
15k),

But does anybody know if compressing is worth the effort?

And if it is worth it, why do sites like Joomla offer it, but don't
make it default?
Especially given that they test if the browser supports it, (this is
what $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'] is for after all.

FFMG


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