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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kio_http speedup patch again
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-03-30 16:33:49
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#if Martijn Klingens
> On Saturday 30 March 2002 16:38, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > I have seen this countless times; where a user will start disliking an
> > application because the author wanted to play too smart.
> >
> > I really don't like this..
>
> Still... the problem is real and needs a fix. I haven't had time to test
> Rik's patch yet, but it addresses exactly the problems I have here. The
> latency of the HTTP checks is simply too big, and unnessary if you ask me.
>
> Like in Internet Explorer there can be a forced reload with the control key
> being pressed while clicking the reload button or pressing F5.

That's not necessary - reload still works as normal.

> And static content
> should never be reloaded for the same reason, because the server doesn't
> tell the client that caching gives problems.

Well, it should, I just don't think we should be so strict about it. It's 
obvious that IE is slightly lax, and IE feels a hell of a lot smoother here 
due to that. With my patch, khtml takes a big step towards being as smooth
(and fast) as IE.

Rik

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