- From: Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:42:44 -0800
Hello, I think we're starting to see some of the limits of HTTP being hit. Personally, I'd like to a protocol which allows communication in both ways. HTTP 1.2? XMPP/Jabber? Something else? See ya On 11/1/06, Ted Goddard <ted.goddard at icesoft.com> wrote: > > > Ajax applications often make use of multiple concurrent > HTTP requests; in particular Ajax Push (Comet/Reverse Ajax) > makes use of two HTTP connections: one to block waiting for > messages from the server, the other to send messages to > the server. > > The problem is that the connection limit for many browsers > is two connections per browser per server. Sophisticated > Ajax applications, on the other hand, need two connections > per window (or tab) per server. This allows each window or > tab to support two-way messaging with the server. Without > it (and without the ability for the two client windows > to communicate and thereby share a single connection) the > two available HTTP connections become consumed by the > blocking message requests. > > I would like to propose that the HTTP connection limit > be standardized at two per user-initiated window. (For > instance, Safari is not limited to two connections per > browser.) This should be a relatively straightforward > change in browser policy (browsers other than Safari, > that is), but it is a significant enhancement for > Ajax applications. > > Ted. > > > > Ted Goddard, Ph.D. - Senior Software Architect > ICEsoft Technologies Inc > Suite 300, 1717 10th St. NW > Calgary, AB - Canada - T2M 4S2 > T 403 663-3322 > F 403 663-3320 > ted.goddard at icesoft.com > http://www.icesoft.com > -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. charles @ reptile.ca supercanadian @ gmail.com developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20061101/decd35db/attachment.htm>
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