Should be the same as the dns request is cached and a request needs to be made anyway.
You could argue that relative URLs are less secure, but i cannot really see why. Well i guess someone can easier steal your source but it doesnt get much harder with absolute URLs. Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com Alanis Morissette - "We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect." 2009/2/16 Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> > > My casual observation seems to indicate that the former will load faster > > than the latter. But has anyone done any benchmarking on it? > > Did you clear the cache between tests? That could explain the speed > difference. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي > А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я > а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я > ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü >