On: DynoSRC - Eliminate HTTP requests for JavaScript files

[viraptor]

This really looks like the wrong layer to do that... It could be interesting to extend HTTP / etag to do something similar globally. Instead of "tell me nothing changed, or send a new version", browser could request "tell me nothing changed, or send a patch from version XXX".

[samworm → viraptor]

I agree the "send me differences" model is appealing. A version based off rsync was created back in 1999 but patents killed it. I think the patent in question runs out pretty soon though...

The Tragedy of the RProxy: http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/rproxy.html