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A Few More Notes on HTTP
Nov. 5th, 2007 03:20 pmSaturday, I attended BarCampMontreal3, which was quite fun. I figured that I should really practice my presentation skills, so Thursday, when I found out it was this Saturday (not the next one as I has thought!), I had to find something to talk about.
I figured there would be a lot of web developers in the audience, and having noticed that a lot of web application platforms tend to disable many HTTP features that helped the web scale to the level it has today, I thought I could share a few tips on how to avoid busting bandwidth caps, deliver a better user experience and overall try to avoid getting featured on uncov.
It was well received, mostly (see the slides), although it felt a bit like a university lecture for some (maybe the blackboard Keynote theme didn't help, and I was also one of the few with a strictly educational presentation that was also technical). Marc-André Cournoyer writes that just one simple trick visibly improved his loading time, so it's not just for those who get millions of visitors! Since at least one person thought that, I guess I should clarify or expand on a few things...
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I figured there would be a lot of web developers in the audience, and having noticed that a lot of web application platforms tend to disable many HTTP features that helped the web scale to the level it has today, I thought I could share a few tips on how to avoid busting bandwidth caps, deliver a better user experience and overall try to avoid getting featured on uncov.
It was well received, mostly (see the slides), although it felt a bit like a university lecture for some (maybe the blackboard Keynote theme didn't help, and I was also one of the few with a strictly educational presentation that was also technical). Marc-André Cournoyer writes that just one simple trick visibly improved his loading time, so it's not just for those who get millions of visitors! Since at least one person thought that, I guess I should clarify or expand on a few things...
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