ASP.NET: Compress ViewState

Question

What are the latest and greatest ways to compress the ASP.NET ViewState content?

What about the performance of this? Is it worth it to keep the pages quick and minimize

Answer 1

Compressing view state fails in certain cases: - If you are using update panel on page don’t use compression mode. - If somehow you are changing the view state in result of ICallBack code don’t use compression mode, as this will don’t reflect the correct view state on post back.