Re: [hybi] Frame size

[Justin Erenkrantz <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Greg Wilkins <[e-mail]> wrote:
> I believe the vast majority of people here agree with the view that
> the target audience for websocket is Browser developers and Server Developers.
> ie expert developers.

I know I'm just piling on here, but I will add that I believe that the
JavaScript APIs should certainly be aimed towards casual developers,
but that's not a legitimate reason to dumb down the wire protocol to
the point of gross inefficiency.  I do believe that over time the
server developers will converge on something resembling a common
pattern - it will take time, but I think it is achievable.  Yet, that
convergence will only happen if sites adopt Web Socket.

It is more important to me to have a system that is more efficient
than the status quo than it is for someone who has never seen an IETF
RFC or a wire protocol in their life to deploy a half-backed implement
in a weekend.  I would rather that individual spend the weekend
writing their application and not getting bogged down in protocol
minutiae.  Furthermore, if Web Socket fails to improve the best that
what we can offer now, this is all just a pointless exercise anyway.
-- justin