Re: WWW performance

brennan@hal.com (Dave Brennan)

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From: brennan@hal.com (Dave Brennan)
Message-id: <9307052111.AA06862@hysteria.hal.com>
Subject: Re: WWW performance
To: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 93 16:11:24 CDT
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Austin, TX, 512-794-2855
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> Yes, HTML isn't the right place for this information (shame on me).  But
> the user agent is going to need some outside help from somewhere (whether
> it is peering with other clients or a "usage pattern" server).

I think the right place for this information is in a header returned from
an HTRQ server.  The server protocal is specifically designed to return
information on a document like this without having to bother getting the
document itself.

> Anyway, something to think about.

Not anymore I hope. :)


Dave Brennan                                      HaL Computer Systems
brennan@hal.com                                         (512) 794-2855