I just saw this article on slashdot. It implies that many small http requests can make page loads run slowly due to users' narrow upload bandwidth (on most dialup and DSL connections). Seemingly, common browsers also limit the number of http connections on a per-hostname basis, so if you spread the page elements over several hostnames (same IP), you have more connections available and can speed things up.
Is this something the could be used to speed up moodle?
Matt
Page load optimisation article - multiple hostnames?
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It can be used, but I don't see an easy way. I'm think of moving all the static images to a tux or equivalent webserver to server those images blazing fast.
It would be very handy to be able to prefix all the images with another hostname, maybe css and js too. All the static content...
Maybe time for a feature request?
It would be very handy to be able to prefix all the images with another hostname, maybe css and js too. All the static content...
Maybe time for a feature request?