Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 08:39:55 -0500
Message-Id: <199703311339.IAA16253@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
CC: opendos AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970328144231.7284Z-100000@capslock.com>
	(mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca)
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0


> Really?  I didn't know that!  So, is this a transparent
> server-compression-browser-decompression transaction, or could I
> have a file called: index.html.gz as my web page, and then view
> it as if it were index.html?  If this is the case, then THIS IS
> REALLY COOL!

Normally, the server will use the file extensions to supply the
correct encodings.  If the file is index.html.gz, the server supplies
both content-type and content-transfer-encoding to the client.

If the file is not stored compressed, most servers will serve it
uncompressed also.

Note that not all browsers are able to uncompress a compressed
encoding, even though it's standard.  The ones that do usually invoke
a separate program (like gunzip) to uncompress them.