On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 00:06, Anne van Kesteren <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:35:03 -0700, Takeshi Yoshino <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Is new XHR spec going to make gzip mandatory for its underlying HTTP? >> > > I do not think that analogy makes sense. The WebSocket protocol can only be > used through the WebSocket API, HTTP is prevalent in more places. What do you mean by "more places"? > Having said that, XMLHttpRequest does place constraints on HTTP. E.g. it > requires redirects to be followed, it does not expose 1xx responses, only > works cross-origin in combination with CORS, etc. I agree that there're some constrains must be placed on underlying protocol to make it useful/secure on browser.
