I am only using one platform and I need the best performance, since I will be
compressing images. Therefore, if I use the connector compression, shall I turn the
filter compression off(in web.xml). Also, does the connector(in server.xml) support
the following attributes??
compression=on
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Subject: Confusing - Compression 5.0.16 - Filter or connector???
I am only using one platform and I need the best performance, since I will
be compressing images. Therefore, if I use the connector compression, shall
I turn the filter compression off(in web.xml). Also, does
You will be compressing images?! :(
Remember that most image formats - gif, jpeg, png, etc, are already
compressed. In most cases compressing them again will only gain you 2-3%
improvement if anything at all. So you will be spending time compressing
for nothing.
Notice that the
Also, be aware of some bugs in IE with some formats:
PDF - http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020314.htm
I read somewhere that css and javascript files have issues too.
In this case, the filter option is better since you can specify which
extension to compress.
Aymeric.
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