Re: [Beacon] Review of current spec

I don't think it makes sense to require gzip. The UA can denote whether
gzip is used by setting the Content-Encoding header. As for whether the UA
knows if the server accepts gzip encoding or not, I think that's simply
covered by the fact that the javascript code must already know how to
encapsulate data that is transmitted to the server. This doesn't seem any
different from knowing whether to send XML or JSON or plaintext.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Arvind Jain <arvind@google.com> wrote:

> Could we make accepting gzipped body a requirement for a server supporting
> Beacon?
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> Arvind
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> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Reitbauer, Alois <
> Alois.Reitbauer@compuware.com> wrote:
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>>  Would make sense. However, the user agent does not know whether the
>> beacon server accepts gzip encoding.
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>>  Alois Reitbauer | Technical Product Manager | Compuware APM
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>> *From:* Chase Douglas <chase@newrelic.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:42 PM
>> *To:* Reitbauer, Alois
>> *Cc:* public-web-perf@w3.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Beacon] Review of current spec
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>>  On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Reitbauer, Alois <
>> Alois.Reitbauer@compuware.com> wrote:
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>>>  Size Limits:
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>>>  We set the size limit to 10k, waiting for feedback whether analytics
>>> tools need more.
>>>
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>>  Is it possible to add an option to have the UA compress the data with
>> gzip before sending? The UA obviously can receive gzip compressed data, so
>> why not also optimize message sizes on transmission?
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