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Re: lynx-dev page counters
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David Woolley |
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Re: lynx-dev page counters |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 22:43:14 +0000 (GMT) |
> No, he mean a counter visible for user (client), not a web admin statistics,
I understood that. I was trying to point out that there was no
real advantage to anyone, except possibly an ego boost, in maintaining
an accurate count by this means.
> > ++ Strictly speaking, it should be made to appear non-cacheable to HTTP 1.0
> > but actually be marked must-revalidate, so that HTTP 1.1 software sends
> > an If-Modified-Since request, but doesn't require the actual content
> > back.
> and so the HTTP 1.0
>
I-M-S is new to HTTP 1.1. It just happens that it is legal to include some
HTTP 1.1 headers in a basically HTTP 1.0 request. Must revalidate won't
be recognized by any HTTP 1.0 cache that I know.