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		aidos on Aug 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The feature supported in IE6, but not Chrome That's probably because you don't gain anything from gzipping images, right? From memory you might just increase the file size by gzipping, and you'll definitely increase processing work.

batgaijin on Aug 23, 2012 [–]

I think you're forgetting that when you put a compressed file in another compressed file it makes it a surprise.

1SaltwaterC on Aug 23, 2012 | [–]

Kinda like flying a plane inside another plane.

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