[batista]

>i understood your point, however the speed in the user's browser is not important since it's just 1 operation, whereas the server has to do most of the operations decoding/encoding all that

Speed in the user's browser is VERY important.

[olsn]

it is, but can you tell the difference between 0.5ms or 1ms? ;)

[cheald]

When you're doing it 100 times? Sure.