> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Aryeh Gregor > Sent: 16 September 2009 19:39 > To: Wikimedia developers > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Usability initiative > (HotCatreplacement/improvements etc.) > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Andrew Garrett > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> * Heavy icon use means a lot of extra HTTP requests. > > > > Non-issue, I think. If we think that icons enhance > usability, and we > > have appropriate placeholders in place, then we're willing > to buy the > > extra servers. > > It's not just server load, it's also latency that's visible > to the user. Both in loading the images, and any subsequent > files. Browsers don't load things in parallel very aggressively. >
Can distribute them across multiple domain names, thereby bypassing the browser/HTTP limits. Something along the lines of 'c'.(crc32($title) & 3).'.en.wikipedia.org' Would atleast attempt to download upto 4 times as many things. Jared _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
