- From: Steven Champeon <schampeo@hesketh.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:58:17 -0400
- To: galactus@htmlhelp.com (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet), www-html@w3.org
- Cc: jult@xs4all.DEL.ME.nl
At 04:37 PM 4/10/97 +0200, Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet graced us with: » -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- » » In article <334cdeb8.350903@news.xs4all.nl>, » jult@xs4all.DEL.ME.nl wrote: » > I have a question probably many of us like to have answered: » > Which one of these versions of the same html-code works fastest » > and WHY? ( I'm a perfectionist, so I'd really like to know, even if » > it's only about nano-sec's loading time! ) » > » > <A HREF="http://www.charliesangels.com/">CharliesAngels.com</A> » > <A HREF="http://www.charliesangels.com">CharliesAngels.com</A> Something worth considering, and more to the point of the original poster's question, is an URL like this: <a href="http://www.charliesangels.com/directory">Charlie's directory</a> If /directory contains a default file, such as "index.html", most servers will send back a 302 with the appropriate URL: Location: http://www.charliesangels.com/directory/index.html <a href="http://www.charliesangels.com/directory/">Charlie's directory</a> The markup above will actually retrieve the file itself, instead of generating a 302. All because of a trailing slash. The above is true for Apache, and I would guess for NCSA httpd as well. Anyone want to confirm it for me? Steve -- Steven Champeon ! Funky towel, Web Guru/Intranet Builder ! towel's got the funk. schampeo@hesketh.com ! - Joe's Apartment
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