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Web servers will transport data more quickly if compression is enabled. The degree to which compression speeds up data transfer is data-dependent; many instances of repeated patterns, such as zeros, are necessary for compression to be effective. You can see an example of the benefits of data compression with James Ward's Census application; click on Navigator, then run some benchmarks with GZip enabled and disabled.
Need to check how small you can compress your JavaScript code with various common compression utilities such as Gzip, JSmin, Dojo Skrinksafe, Packer and YUI Compressor? To avoid having to download and install all the various tools you can use CompressorRater to quickly determine which compression technique will be best for your code.




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