2008
How To Optimize Your Site With HTTP Caching | BetterExplained
by nhoizey & 2 others
Caching is a great example of the ubiquitous time-space tradeoff in programming. You can save time by using space to store results. Fewer downloads means a faster, happier site.
Google Code Blog: How we improved performance on Google Code
by nhoizey
If you're a frequent visitor to code.google.com for product updates and reference materials for Google APIs you're working with, you might have noticed that the page loading time (or page rendering time depending on how you see it) has reduced in varying
InfoQ: Hypermedia in RESTful applications
by nhoizey
Flickr's current approach of requiring that clients possess Flickr-specific knowledge in order to progress from one application state to another, is simply another way of saying that they have a proprietary application model. Not only is it proprietary th
2007
WWW FAQs: What is the maximum length of a URL?
by nhoizey
Although the specification of the HTTP protocol does not specify any maximum length, practical limits are imposed by web browser and server software.
Ajaxian » CSS Sprite Generator Released
by nhoizey
CSS Sprite is a single image file which contains several graphics. Using CSS background positions it’s possible to display any one of the graphics. By using a sprite you save on multiple http requests which helps speed up the rendering of your page.
Content negotiation: bad use cases I recently observed at Frederick Giasson’s Weblog
by Xavier Lacot
Given the current projects I am working on, I daily see misuse of content-negotiation methodology, particularly the misuse of the Accept and Content-type HTTP header parameters.
mailhook - DevjaVu
by nhoizey & 1 other
Using Mailhook, you can receive email directly into your scripts and applications as easy as handling a form post. This means that you have no excuse to not have an email interface to your application.
2005
CMS et bonnes pratiques HTTP - Blog & Blues - Standards Web et accessibilité
by nhoizey (via)
Ce petit problème, très spécifique et ponctuel, est en effet révélateur d'un pan entier de la qualité Web pour lequel les CMS ont un rôle clé à jouer. Encore faut-il qu'ils le prennent en compte.
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