always being prompted with "response is encoded and . . . "

[robertob]

i'm not sure what has changed but i'm now always being prompted with "response is encoded and may need to be decoded before inspection. click here to transform" in inspectors response pane where as in the past I think I recall clicking that box once and then never being prompted to have it automatically transform response views from that point forward.

 

Am I overlooking something in fiddler settings that automatically does the transform w/o always prompting you?

[EricLaw]

If you'd like, you can click the Decode button in Fiddler's toolbar to have Fiddler automatically decompress and unchunk all requests and responses.

[robertob]

Thanks for response.  Nothing like overlooking something super obvious just staring you in the face 8).  It would seem with my prior install I must have clicked that button at one point in time which thankfully persists across fiddler runs.  

[robertob]

. . . on a related note why wouldn't someone always have the Decode button in fiddlers tool bar clicked?

[EricLaw]

Decoding impacts performance (uses CPU and memory) and changes what the client and server receive, which might not be desirable during debugging.