- From: James Green <jmkgre@essex.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:18:11 +0000 (GMT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
On Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:45:27 +0100 Rasmus Kaj <kaj@cityonline.se> wrote: [ ... ] > Actually, it does, if the client is smart enough. Most clients today > use disk cache, so why not use part of that as a database of mirrors? > Or maybe extend the bookmark list to contain mirrors (it could contain > mirrors of objects not visible in the bookmarks as well). > > As long as the user has seen the document once, his client could know > where to find a mirror. Assuming, of course, the user isn't smart enough to have erased his/her cache to save disk space and/or is using a proxy server which has alreadly seen the page (and has it currently stored). Regards, James Green Term e-mail: jmkgre@essex.ac.uk | Home e-mail: jg@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk Homepage: http://www.cyberstorm.demon.co.uk
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