Re: how do I stop Firefox doing a conditional get?
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Thu, 15 May 2008 16:20:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: how do I stop Firefox doing a conditional get? | ||
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Al wrote:
> Per Jessen wrote:
>> Al wrote:
>>
>>> Make certain your steam is compressed
>>> http://www.whatsmyip.org/mod_gzip_test/
>>>
>>
>> The files I was having the problem with are GIFs, so already LZW
>> compressed.
>>
> Try by not LZW compressing and the use ob_start() and flush() so your
> files are gzip compressed. I don't know if Firefox knows how to
> readily handle LZW on the fly. It does know how to handle gzip.
Al, thanks for suggestion, but you're talking rubbish. _All_ browsers
understand GIFs, and they are all LZW compressed. There's absolutely
zero point in trying to gzip them as well.
/Per Jessen, Zürich