I am referring to the following link http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/radcompression
I have gone over all topics online, all tutorials, all recommendations and they are all pointing at how the "browser" file in the app_browser should be included and how the web.config file should be altered etc..
The article clearly states that the reduction will be between 40% to 60% or more depending on different factors. So, in order to clearly test the impact, i created an empty ASP.Net web forms application, added a masterpage and a content page with nothing but a RadScriptManager, RadGrid and Radeditor to just test how the viewstate is initially and then how applying the above will affect it.
The results were the following: Initially, the viewstate size was 9000 bytes without adding anything or any compressions, after applying the above (unless the documentation changed), the bytes have increased to 9100! not even decreased!
So, i am currently lost and i need to badly shrink the viewstate as much as possible to save on the bandwidth and performance.
I am using UI for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2016, not sure if that affects the Radcompression module or not. Your assistance with this is highly appreciated (a sample project/configuration would go a long way)