On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Glenn Maynard <gl...@zewt.org> wrote:
> Can we please stop saying "lazy blob"? It's a confused and confusing > phrase. Blobs are "lazy" by design. > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Glenn Adams <gl...@skynav.com> wrote: > >> So? Why should lazy blob be specific to HTTP specific semantics when an >> arbitrary URL is not specific to HTTP? >> > > XHR is no more specific to HTTP than it is to XML. It serves as the > primary JavaScript API for performing generic network fetches. WebSockets > has an entirely different API from blobs, and bringing them up is only > derailing the thread. > The subject line says Lazy Blob, not Lazy Blob and XHR. For the record, I will object to a LazyBlob solution that is tied solely to XHR, so deal with it now rather than later.