> Excellent!! Went from 17 minutes to 39 seconds! > Does not seem to be any decompression required. > That appeared to all be done automagically.
What?! Sorry, something's wrong here; maybe multiple somethings. That doesn't compute. (if you're using the "raw" Synapse library--- ie. no other code on top of it) First, as I posted in my other message, that server doesn't seem to provide compressed content (at least on that page). [Though one rarely sees some servers configured to only do certain things when other (non-related!) variables are set... I dont' think that's the case here.] It's also possible that there's some strange artifact on the server that produces different times with different request parameters (which some sites do to deter scraping), but still... Secondly, if data is compressed, you DEFINITELY need to decompress it to use it. Thirdly, there's a limited amount of automagic in the world <G>. Fourth, it doesn't seem possible to transfer 851 KB over a 56 KB modem in 39 seconds. Hmmm... maybe with the built-in modem compression on that part of the link...? > Does anyone know of any reason not to use compression > on all HTTP Get requests? I only don't request it when using Web Services that definitely won't provide compressed responses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ synalist-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synalist-public
