100KB is a lot of text, and frankly, HTML is redundant. Well, the system works, but it’s not that efficient. Of course, the actual headers and protocols are much more formal (monitor them with Live HTTP Headers if you’re so inclined).īut it worked, and you got your file. Browser: 100KB? Ouch… waiting, waiting… ok, it’s loaded.Server: Found it! Here’s your response code (200 OK) and I’m sending the file.Server: Ok, let me see if index.html is lying around….The conversation goes a little like this:

When you request a file like, your browser talks to a web server. Wait, wait, wait: Why are we doing this?īefore we start I should explain what content encoding is. A modern browser is needed to enjoy modern web content and modern web speed - so gzip encoding it is. I don’t want to slow everyone else down because somebody is chugging along on IE 4.0 on Windows 95. Most of my traffic comes from modern browsers, and quite frankly, most of my users are fairly tech-savvy. I hesitated when recommending gzip compression when speeding up your javascript because of problems in older browsers.īut it’s the 21st century. Compression is a simple, effective way to save bandwidth and speed up your site.

Html file size reducer