On Jan 20, 3:28 am, Nicolas Alvarez <[email protected]> wrote: > Nils wrote: > > Futhermore it adds more load to the server as it has to (start to) > > serve the download in question. > > It doesn't if you use HEAD.
Still you need to do an additional round trip for this. (The HEAD prior to the GET) For all downloads, even when not metalink enabled. Which will break a lot of downloads eventually, namely those magic "valid only one time" links (see: one click hosters and others). Not to mention that it will add load to each server. Let's put this into perspective: I know that a lot of DownThemAll! users regularly download thousands of images. Same, of course, applies to users of other download managers as well. Using HEAD to discover metalinks will double the number of requests and hence put strain on both, the users uplink and the servers in question. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
