- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 20:27:42 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: hardie@nasa.gov, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Jeffrey Mogul: [...] >for example, a client with a restricted memory and/or network >bandwidth (think: wireless PDA) could do a request such as this: > > GET /foo.html HTTP/1.1 > Range: 0-10000 > >and be assured of not getting more than 10,000 bytes. Side remark: Some people have been wondering if we should define an `mxb' (maxbytes) parameter for the Accept header. The above example seems to indicate that 1.1 clients already have a way of specifying the maximum number of bytes they want to accept, so that there is no need to add `mxb'. Koen.
Received on Tuesday, 4 June 1996 11:31:01 UTC