On: Who’s not getting gzip?

[JoachimSchipper]

I suppose they use User-Agent sniffing, which is obviously not very robust. That said, something like the rule below should work (mod_gzip/Apache 1.x):

    mod_gzip_item_include         reqheader  "User-agent: .*MSIE 6.0.*"

Mind you, this has not been tested, interacts badly with proxies, and is based on a pretty broken idea in the first place. On the other hand, almost every modern browser supports gzip, so it's not clear how much it would hurt.

[lucumo → JoachimSchipper]

Thanks. I suppose it needs a lot of testing.