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Well, at least this is inefficient. Try to compare xhr.response.size() with e.target.result.length. But I may resort to that in the end.

MadeOfAir
– MadeOfAir

2014-01-09 01:14:52 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2014 at 1:14
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Its just over 33% larger (base64 encoding), but this is the only way I know of to convert the blob into a usable string. Maybe if you find a better way you can post it as an answer.

Musa
– Musa

2014-01-09 01:24:45 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2014 at 1:24
If I am going to store favicons they are going to be many, plus other data, so all the favicons can take 1mb from the available 5mb

MadeOfAir
– MadeOfAir

2014-01-09 06:30:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2014 at 6:30
You can compress: pieroxy.net/blog/pages/lz-string/index.html

Dan Froberg
– Dan Froberg

2023-05-27 17:27:18 +00:00
Commented May 27, 2023 at 17:27
Assuming the original favicon was e.g. PNG file, it's not going to compress anymore.

Mikko Rantalainen
– Mikko Rantalainen

2023-09-19 06:16:53 +00:00
Commented Sep 19, 2023 at 6:16

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