[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11453: Use compression for CSS and JS file output

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#11453: Use compression for CSS and JS file output
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 Reporter:  micasuh          |       Owner:                              
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new                         
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.0                         
Component:  Optimization     |     Version:  2.9                         
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  css, js, minify, compression
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:4 micasuh]:
 > I disagree that minifying is overrated, but I won't sit here and claim
 it's going to reduce a website by 80 or 90%.
 >
 > Minifying CSS and JS, [http://www.phpied.com/reducing-tpayload/ backed
 up by a recent report], does make a double digit percentage effect on load
 time. If we were talking about 1-9% effect, I would agree with your
 argument.

 Right. and based on the above url, from slowest to fastest: no-minify
 (100%), minify (~45%), no-minify+gzip (~30%), minify+gzip (~17%). Note
 that his sample is a rather large file, too.

 At any rate, the author achieves a 70% saving with little effort
 (gzipping). Is the extra 15% saving from minifying before gzipping truly
 worth the effort? To me it seems a bit overkill.

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