From 14b1d6044830ab28271f2dcb022ae939f7406f7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Clay Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:57:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Recommend against use --- README.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f7f0e33e..7f8ea289 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ -# Welcome to Minify! +## Minify is no longer regularly maintained + +The original authors no longer recommend using Minify, especially previous versions, which were not designed to handle modern JS and CSS syntax. Instead, use an up-to-date performance measurement tool like [Lighthouse](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview) and follow its recommendations. + +In 2010, Minify offered a fine improvement for some websites, but browsers and HTTP servers are now much better, and Minify may offer only a marginal performance benefit in narrow cases. Also both JS and CSS now change rapidly, and new syntaxes are likely to lead to broken code being served through Minify. + +## About Minify is an HTTP server for JS and CSS assets. It compresses and combines files and serves it with appropriate headers, allowing conditional GET or long-Expires.