GZip or Deflate for HTTP compression

Question

Which compression method is better? I've heard lots of back and forth about GZip being more widely used, but Deflate being faster (in some instances). Is there an accepted standard on which one to use and why?

Answer 1

UPDATE

According to the latest updates to the linked question, one should use GZip. See http://www.vervestudios.co/projects/compression-tests/results

Old Answer

Deflate is better.

Answer 2

Answers:

• http://www.stardeveloper.com/articles/display.html?article=2008111201&page=1
• http://blog.usweb.com/archives/mod_deflate-vs-mod_gzip-comparing-the-two/
• Why use deflate instead of gzip for text files served by Apache?

Basically, deflate is faster, so if it's avaible to you, use it.