Fwd: HTTP/2.0 proposal feedback

FYI.

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> From: "James A. Morrison" <jim.morrison@gmail.com>
> Subject: HTTP/2.0 proposal feedback
> Date: 15 July 2012 11:30:14 AM AEST
> To: mnot@mnot.net
> Cc: Mike Belshe <mike@belshe.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is a response to the call for expressions of interest:
> http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/wiki/Http2CfI
> 
> I’m the developer of the spdy for iPhone library.  I’m making this
> initial response on behalf of myself, not any previous or current
> employers.  I work for Twist which is currently developing an iPhone
> application.
> 
> I chose to implement a SPDY client library rather than other HTTP/2.0
> proposals because of existing server support.  Mainly existing support
> through Google for applications running on Google Appengine.  I was
> also familiar with SPDY from previous work at Google.   Along with
> existing server implementations, I built my library as an Objective-C
> wrapper around spdylay.  Spdylay is an existing C spdy library that
> has both a client and server example built already.  The spdylay
> library is mature enough that it transparently supports SPDY/2 and
> SPDY/3.  Neither the Twist code, nor the SPDY for iPhone library
> required changes when Google switched their servers from SPDY/2 to
> SPDY/3.
> 
> One of the promising features of SPDY is the gzip requirement.  This
> will allow us to save significant upload bandwidth at Twist by
> uploading compressed json blobs instead of the uncompressed json text.
> 
> The other improvement is multiplexing multiple streams over a single
> connection.  This allows us to keep our api simple by having small
> specific requests for different types instead of creating large
> complicated requests and responses.  The multiplexed streams keeps the
> cost of all the small requests done by limiting the time the requests
> are waiting for a connection to be established.
> 
> With the spdy for iphone library I have not experimented or used any
> of the flow control features.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> http://phython.blogspot.com

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Mark Nottingham
http://www.mnot.net/

Received on Monday, 16 July 2012 01:20:24 UTC