Why does Safari not accept GZIP compression?

Question

I have a pretty big JavaScript file here which I want to embed into my website. The HTTP server is smart enough to GZIP the file before delivering it to the browser.

Answer 1

I've run into this problem as well, while trying to optimize the load time of a website on iOS7 Safari mobile iPad.

• Encoded = uncompressed filesize, from server
• Decoded = uncompressed filesize, locally
• Transferred = uncompressed file size + headers sent and received
• Content-Length = compressed file sent, from server

Safari chose a really weird way of representing these numbers in their debugger.