title: Improving throughput and user experience for information intensive websites by applying HTTP compression technique.
abstract: HTTP compression is a technique specified as part of the W3C HTTP 1.0 standard. It allows HTTP servers to take advantage of GZIP compression technology that is built into latest browsers. A brief survey of medical informatics websites show that compression is not enabled. With compression enabled, downloaded files sizes are reduced by more than 50% and typical transaction time is also reduced from 20 to 8 minutes, thus providing a better user experience.
authors.affiliation: Quantros, Inc., Milpitas, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ratnakar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malla
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044962:Data Compression / Q000379:methods*; D057386:Search Engine / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface