OK, that may explain IE 5.5, which is admittedly kind of an antique. What about IE 6.0 - not broken but is it in fact incapable of handling compressed input?
>From my post: >Browser ACCEPT_ENCODING off/Disp:len on/Disp:len >IE 5.5 gzip, deflate yes:247 no:210 >IE 6.0 deflate yes:247 yes:247 >... >The way I read this is that: >IE 5.5 says it can handle gzip, but cannot display it, displays empty page. >IE 6.0 says it cannot handle gzip and ns_adp_compress does not compress. >... Apache docs on it's approach to compression at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_deflate.html seem to say they do additional vetting of browsers before deciding to send something compressed. A good deal of the pressure on me to do this is coming from my ISP whose lines are getting overloaded. As I understand it, this affects everyone who comes to my server, not just narrowband users. Perhaps I've just outgrown this ISP? Eric At 11:41 AM 2/28/05 -0500, you wrote: >On 2005.02.28, Eric Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Browser ACCEPT_ENCODING off/Disp:len on/Disp:len >> IE 5.5 gzip, deflate yes:247 no:210 > ... >> The way I read this is that: >> IE 5.5 says it can handle gzip, but cannot display it, displays empty page. > >This smells like this MSIE bug: > > Internet Explorer May Lose the First 2,048 Bytes of Data That Are > Sent Back from a Web Server That Uses HTTP Compression > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3BQ312496 > >This is exactly why I hate server-side transparent HTTP compression >nonsense. In 2-3 years, when all these little stupid bugs are finally >fixed in all popular browsers, it might be the right time to do the >compression thing. But then, maybe narrowband users will only be <5% of >the audience, and compression won't matter anymore, either. > >-- Dossy > >-- >Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > >-- >AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > >To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the >body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: >field of your email blank. -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
