Re:SPDY Review by Opera Software
by acdha on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:11AM
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> First, HTTP pipelining exists.
… and is not currently usable, nor as full-featured as SPDY even if correctly implemented by all vendors
> If the answer is "no," you have no business complaining about HTTP's performance—managing your assets better will improve performance far more than using SPDY alone will
Flat-out wrong: there are many use cases which require multiple requests (you only mentioned CSS/JS but images are significant, too) and this would be exhibit A for an HTTP deficiency: you've internalized the idea that a visitor to the site must download and process EVERYTHING you could ever use to avoid making multiple requests, wasting bandwidth and device CPU/memory because you're trying to use asset packaging as an end-run around protocol shortcomings.
As for databases, this was a fascinating and completely irrelevant digression.
… and is not currently usable, nor as full-featured as SPDY even if correctly implemented by all vendors
> If the answer is "no," you have no business complaining about HTTP's performance—managing your assets better will improve performance far more than using SPDY alone will
Flat-out wrong: there are many use cases which require multiple requests (you only mentioned CSS/JS but images are significant, too) and this would be exhibit A for an HTTP deficiency: you've internalized the idea that a visitor to the site must download and process EVERYTHING you could ever use to avoid making multiple requests, wasting bandwidth and device CPU/memory because you're trying to use asset packaging as an end-run around protocol shortcomings.
As for databases, this was a fascinating and completely irrelevant digression.