https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423377 just got filed and has traction.
Axel Sylvain Pasche wrote: > Hi, > > I saw recently that IE 8 increased their number of downloads per > hostname from 2 to 6 [1]. Out of curiosity, I wrote a small testcase [2] > to measure what is the default settings in other browsers. The test > measures how many persistent connections are opened in parallel to a > given server: > > Firefox 2: 2 > Firefox 3: 2 > Opera 9.26: 4 > Opera 9.5 beta: 4 > Safari 3.0.4 Mac/Windows: 4 > IE 7: 2 > IE 8: 6 > > So apparently Firefox will have the smallest default value in the latest > major browser versions once IE 8 is out. > > The real question would be to know if raising that default value is > worth it from the user experience point of view. > > On the other hand, the HTTP RFC recommends only 2 simultaneous > connections per server, but as Steve Souders points out: "... the spec > was written in 1999. Today’s clients and servers can support more > parallel downloads" > > Sylvain > > [1] http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/03/10/ie8-speeds-things-up/ > [2] http://www.spasche.net/files/parallel_connections/ _______________________________________________ dev-tech-network mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-network
