On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Matthew Toseland
<toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote:
> If we're sure that what is connecting to us is a web browser, and the data is

"If we're sure" ...
But how?
Cookie? We have cookie disabled.
HTTP-Agent? All browsers is MSIE and Mozilla...

HTTP Push with  multipart/x-mixed-replace is designed for this,
but almost no program support it.

> not in cache, we should show a loading screen when a user clicks on a link.
> With javascript this could be updated in real time, without it it could still
> be shown with a series of redirects.
>
> ADVANTAGES:
> - Reduce the level of user aggravation by showing them that something is
> happening.
> - Possibly reduce the number of browser connections needed and thereby reduce
> the impact of running a non-optimised profile. (We WILL still need a custom
> browser profile however for security reasons).
> - Look better.
> - We could probably get rid of the 2MB stream-to-browser file size limit if a
> loading screen is displayed: We could just show the loading screen until the
> data is available and then send the whole lot to the user.
>
> https://bugs.freenetproject.org/view.php?id=2781
>
> Thoughts? Should this be a priority for 0.8? Does anyone want to implement it
> (I'm pretty busy atm!). Does anyone know Javascript well?
>
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