On 1/17/12 7:56 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Not@home wrote: > >> I go to a web site daily, and it is often slow. I assumed this is >> because they have a relatively small server. So would keeping yourself >> logged into such a site slow it down for everyone else? > > Why should it? The fact that you still have a cookie of theirs sitting > on your computer doesn't tie up any of their resources, it just helps > their site know what to do in response to your mouse clicks. > > Now, if you were continuously streaming their videos or something, that > would be a different story. >
Correct. You are actually using their Web server only when you send it a request (e.g., for a page) and when it sends you a response (e.g., the HTML for a page). -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
