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0 pointsxg159y ago0 comments

Unless compression cannot be used: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13049898

Also, there are still cases where compression cannot be applied, e.g. if a script naively queries innerHTML. (This wouldn't affect loading time but it could inflate the page's RAM unnecessarily)

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paulddraper9y ago

Sure, but I'd consider those edge cases to be situations where the treatment is worse than the disease

pixl979y ago

HTTPS is an edge condition? Over 50 percent of the web is now transferred via HTTPS.

paulddraper9y ago

It's not HTTPS. It's HTTPS cross-site requests with secret cookies.

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0 pointsxg159y ago0 comments

Unless compression cannot be used: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13049898

Also, there are still cases where compression cannot be applied, e.g. if a script naively queries innerHTML. (This wouldn't affect loading time but it could inflate the page's RAM unnecessarily)

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paulddraper9y ago

Sure, but I'd consider those edge cases to be situations where the treatment is worse than the disease

pixl979y ago

HTTPS is an edge condition? Over 50 percent of the web is now transferred via HTTPS.

paulddraper9y ago

It's not HTTPS. It's HTTPS cross-site requests with secret cookies.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse