They're making the request for a SWF file from another SWF file, they stated that they did not see a way to change the Accept header for that request. What they're really asking to do is to disable gzip compress for the SWF mimetype (which to me seems odd that google would be doing, since just like most images, its typically already compressed for size). Its not that the flash player can't accept a gzip'd SWF file, its that it won't give loading progress events - whether that's because of how the browser or flash handles the request, who knows.
Is there a way to disable gzip compression for certain mimetypes? If not, is there documentation for what mimetypes the front end servers will gzip? Perhaps they could try serving their SWF files with a general mimetype like application/octet-stream if that's not gzip'd by the front end servers - the effect on the browsers and flash's interpretation would have to be tested, but I imagine they'd be tolerant. Both the python and java configuration have ways to specify the mimetype served for specific static urls / file extensions. On Jul 27, 2:31 pm, "Ikai L (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you change the "accepts" header on your client? If our front end servers > see that you are saying you accept GZIP, we will assume you accept it and > gzip the response. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:45 PM, ts1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > GAE servers always gzip-compress SWF (Flash) files for modern > > browsers. > > Our app uses SWF that loads another SWF and, if the second SWF is gzip- > > compressed, the first SWF doesn't receive progress notification, so > > there is no way to present "XX% loading" information to user. > > There seems no way to modify Accept-Encoging or User-Agent header from > > within Flash. > > Also, our SWFs are already compressed, so gzip them is pointless. > > Is there any way to disable gzip encoding from server application? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blog:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
