On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:55 AM, fambi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. How is browser support for un-gzipping javascript (and css for that > matter)? I heard, once upon a time, that there were issues... is that > once upon a time?
Modern browsers support gzip across the board. Even not-at-all modern browsers support it. IE4+, FF, Safari, Opera 5.12+. See http://www.http-compression.com/ for more info. One bonus here is that the browser and server communicate about what they support, so there's never a concern that a server will send a g'zipped file and then the browser (that doesn't understand gzip) will choke on it. If someone out there is still using IE3, well... getting a non-gzipped version of jQuery will be the least of their concerns. - Richard > > 2. Also, Richard, what do you mean by "If you don't want to worry > about *******correctly****** gzipping your source files"? > > Thanks > > > On Jul 17, 5:05 pm, Richard W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is suggested you used the "minified and gzipp'd" version, as the > > packed version will require additional processing to unpack or > > decompress it, as mentioned on the jQuery site: > http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery > > > > If you don't want to worry about correctly gzipping your source files, > > or if yo ur server does not have the ability, you can link directly to > > google's minifed+gzipped source files. > > EG:http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js@ > > 16.7K is not bad :) > > > > On Jul 16, 6:31 pm, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for clarifying Mika...please note Mika's comments. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > > > > Behalf Of Mika Tuupola > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:59 AM > > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: "Uncompressed", "Minified and Gzipped" and > "Packed" > > > > > On Jul 16, 2008, at 7:48 PM, Andy Matthews wrote: > > > > > > Packed takes the source code and runs it through an algorithmn which > > > > compresses variable names, methods, code, etc into one big line of > > > > javascript. You can find more information about it, and pack your own > > > > code, > > > > here: > > > >http://dean.edwards.name/packer/ > > > > > > Minified uses server side compression to further reduce the file > size. > > > > Drawback of this method is that your server needs to be equipped to > > > > offer this version, and the file needs to be de-compressed on the > > > > client side. > > > > > Minifying does not use server side compression. Minifying means > removing all > > > unnecessary characters from source code, without changing its > functionality. > > > > > Minified JavaScript files are usually further packed by gzipping them. > > > This is done on the fly by server. Apache comes with mod_deflate module > by > > > default. This handles gzipping. > > > > > Packed files have to be uncompressed on client side too. While gzipped > files > > > are uncompressed by browser natively, packed files are "uncompressed" > > > calling JavaScript eval() everytime page loads. > > > > > -- > > > Mika Tuupolahttp://www.appelsiini.net/ >
