Re: [ACFUG Discuss] (new topic) You CAN use CFINCLUDE to deliver css file, fewer http requests

2007-03-17 Thread Howard Fore
Actually I think Ajax uses a different set of tubes. On 3/17/07, Dean H. Saxe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mar 17, 2007, at 9:53 PM, Howard Fore wrote: > I just don't think that the number of http connections in a > page is the final measure of that page's performance. > If it did, we'd never

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] (new topic) You CAN use CFINCLUDE to deliver css file, fewer http requests

2007-03-17 Thread Dean H. Saxe
On Mar 17, 2007, at 9:53 PM, Howard Fore wrote: I just don't think that the number of http connections in a page is the final measure of that page's performance. If it did, we'd never see anyone use AJAX. AJAX apps are noisy little things! Thanks for confirming my suspicions on this one

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] (new topic) You CAN use CFINCLUDE to deliver css file, fewer http requests

2007-03-17 Thread Howard Fore
Nope not ticked off. But first, "how the browser saves files" was your issue, not mine: it solves the problem of a user saving the page locally just as well as using a full qualified path in the head of the page would. " The Yahoo study is a good read, though it seems a little "duh" to me. ("No

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] (new topic) You CAN use CFINCLUDE to deliver css file, fewer http requests

2007-03-17 Thread Universal Advertising Derrick Peavy
H No. You're wrong. Seriously, not trying to tick you off, but you should read this: http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/11/28/performance-research-part-1/ I fully understand and am aware of the separation of content and style, it's pro's and con's. How the browsers save things

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] (new topic) You CAN use CFINCLUDE to deliver css file, fewer http requests

2007-03-17 Thread Howard Fore
One of the nice things about using style sheets that are external to your HTML is that modern browsers won't download the CSS file again if the file hasn't changed. So you save n KB per HTTP request. Small, but it does add up, especially for a site with a lot of pages, like a shopping site. As far