Re: [websockets] Making optional extensions mandatory in the API (was RE: Getting WebSockets API to Last Call)

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:35:03 -0700, Takeshi Yoshino <tyoshino@google.com>  
wrote:
> Is new XHR spec going to make gzip mandatory for its underlying HTTP?

I do not think that analogy makes sense. The WebSocket protocol can only  
be used through the WebSocket API, HTTP is prevalent in more places.  
Having said that, XMLHttpRequest does place constraints on HTTP. E.g. it  
requires redirects to be followed, it does not expose 1xx responses, only  
works cross-origin in combination with CORS, etc.


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Received on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 15:07:28 UTC