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#1599 - 07/21/06 08:18 AM Zlib compression
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(Version 7.0.0b1)
Zlib compression

Is it preferred to have this enabled or disabled?

Pros and cons please.
What's it do? blush

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#1604 - 07/21/06 08:50 AM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Mark S]
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probably enabled.
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#1606 - 07/21/06 08:59 AM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Ian]
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Just turned it on.

Disabled : Page Generation. 2.33 sec
Enabled : Page Generation 0.162 seconds

Its staying wiched on lol...
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#1613 - 07/21/06 09:26 AM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Mark S]
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smile
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#1615 - 07/21/06 09:27 AM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Ian]
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Makes note to request an option to specify minimum post length - to stop very simple replies wink
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#1643 - 07/21/06 05:30 PM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Ian]
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Pro: Can spead up downloads of pages.
Con: Can eat up processor cycles.
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#1647 - 07/21/06 06:13 PM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Gizmo]
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Pro: Can save a LOT of bandwidth.
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#1664 - 07/21/06 08:04 PM Re: Zlib compression [Re: David Dreezer]
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Con: can have your webhost kill you for your huge board killing thier server.
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#1697 - 07/22/06 10:25 AM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Gizmo]
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So you actually have numbers, when I enabled zlib on UBBDev's version 7 forum, it dropped page size from 108KB to 12KB
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#1698 - 07/22/06 10:36 AM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Ian Spence]
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My users on dialup can see the big difference. It's worth having.
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#1842 - 07/24/06 04:17 PM Re: Zlib compression [Re: Gizmo]
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Originally Posted By: Gizmo
Con: can have your webhost kill you for your huge board killing thier server.


If you're using a host that has a server running something newer than a pentium II 400 I don't think you'll hear that complaint.
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