I'm not going to enter this argument, but I do suggest that both gzipped and non-gzipped file sizes be present, because a download link should have the accurate download size. Otherwise, I agree that with the big gains gzipping provides (less than 1/3 file size!), the gzipped size should be present to alert users that a 46kb footprint is not what they have to settle with.
@Glen, I'm not an expert on Apache and .htaccess, but it might be possible that your server httpd.conf file is preventing certain .htaccess rules from working. Just speculation on my part ;-) On 9/14/07, Erik Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I could understand this complaint if the "21kb packed" link from the > previous version were replaced with a "14kb min/gzip" link, but that isn't > the case. The "21kb packed" link became a "26kb packed" link, and a link to > a minified version, which is ideal for gzipping, along with a link to a page > describing how to use said version was ADDED. > > I think making that the first link is ideal because it's the best solution > for most cases. I'm pretty sure all the browsers that jQuery supports > support gzipped content. > > It isn't like it's advertising it went from 21kb to 14kb. I think you're > being a little too harsh. > > --Erik > > > On 9/14/07, Stephan Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 14, 4:30 pm, seedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I also had the same thing happen. > > > 14kb is only after it has been gzipped by your server. > > > The version you are downloading has been minified, Its up to you to do > > the > > > gzipping. > > > > This is correct. The webmaster/developers/whoever chose to be a bit > > underhanded there and say it's 14k "with gzip", but fail to mention > > that the user must arrange for the code to get gzipped. Shame on them. > > They've metamorphed from programmers to marketing people. > > > > You cannot simply gzip the file and serve it as-is - that won't work > > (at least, not on most browsers). You need to arrange for your web > > server to feed the data compressed. There are a number of ways to do > > this, but (IMO) none of them are suitable for beginners (and all of > > them require either configuration changes on your web server or coding > > in a second language, like PHP). > > > > Follow the "gzipped" link from jquery.com and you'll find an article > > which covers one way to accomplish this with PHP. Alternately, search > > this forum, going back about 1 month, to find some discussions on it. > > The approach proposed at the link mentioned above is sub-optimal > > because it requires writing a file to your web server, which won't > > work under all hosted accounts (for reasons described in my comments > > posted at that site). > > > > > -- Ted
