Frequently Asked Questions
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What does the Mixer do to my files? In short: The Mixer removes all comments, replaces the name of identifiers with smaller ones and compresses your code as far as possible. After that procedure your code will still work as expected but it is not readable and is smaller in size.
When should the Mixer be used? Whenever you include Javascript in your website or when you deploy a Javascript web-application. You should not use it during development, but rather right before you publish your website or web-application.
Can the compressed javascript code be read by anybody? Not so easily. Even if someone manages to uncompress the compressed code, the code will still be obfuscated making it very hard to read.
When trying to obfuscate, I get the message "An error occurred. Please upload your files again.". What's wrong? Please activate the acceptance of cookies in your browser.
What happens to the uploaded files?
After the obfuscation and compression has been completed, your uploaded files are deleted immediately.
The compressed file will be deleted on the server after approximately 24 hours.
The compressed file doesn't work. What shall I do?
Please make sure that you include the compressed file in your html-file with the "iso-8859-1" encoding, e.g.
<script type="text/javascript" charset="iso-8859-1" src="compressed.js"/>
If it still doesn't work than write an email. It would be great if you
attach the original javascript sources so that further investigation of the problem is possible.
The compressed file is bigger than the original. What's going on? Probably your original file is relatively small. Your original file should have a size of at least approx. 3 kilobyte so that real compression can happen.
I do have another question. What now? Write an email!
