On modern browsers and computers,, is it better to gzip files to save network traffic or to not gzip them which seems like it would save browser CPU?
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On modern browsers and computers,, is it better to gzip files to save network traffic or to not gzip them which seems like it would save browser CPU?
Yes, gzip them for transmission, the CPU needed to unzip them is very minimal.
Google has a full writeup here on the benefits.