Comments on: HTTP as a Three Tier Protocol http://labnotes.org/2006/11/27/http-as-a-three-tier-protocol/ Tue, 15 May 2012 02:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tnkgrl http://labnotes.org/2006/11/27/http-as-a-three-tier-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-33604 tnkgrl Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:07:41 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2006/11/27/http-as-a-three-tier-protocol/#comment-33604 I remember first seeing the Web circa 1993 on an SGI Indigo running Mosaic, and thinking... "Wow, this is going to change everything!" That was my biggest understatement ever :) Coming from Gopher, Archie, FTP, UseNet and e-mail, HTML over HTTP was complete magic. I remember first seeing the Web circa 1993 on an SGI Indigo running Mosaic, and thinking…

“Wow, this is going to change everything!”

That was my biggest understatement ever :) Coming from Gopher, Archie, FTP, UseNet and e-mail, HTML over HTTP was complete magic.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://labnotes.org/2006/11/27/http-as-a-three-tier-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-32687 Crosbie Fitch Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:19:22 +0000 http://blog.labnotes.org/2006/11/27/http-as-a-three-tier-protocol/#comment-32687 What's the opposite of graceful degradation? Graceful enhancement? New systems are possible, but they must first build upon the highest tier in use. They cannot say "Ooh, look over there. Those eminent foundations have lain dormant for years. We could build on those." So, no matter how ridiculous that you must build protocols on top of HTTP (or SOAP), that's what you do, and then gracefully enable other far more efficient foundation protocols for those who can re-enable their use. What’s the opposite of graceful degradation?

Graceful enhancement?

New systems are possible, but they must first build upon the highest tier in use. They cannot say “Ooh, look over there. Those eminent foundations have lain dormant for years. We could build on those.”

So, no matter how ridiculous that you must build protocols on top of HTTP (or SOAP), that’s what you do, and then gracefully enable other far more efficient foundation protocols for those who can re-enable their use.

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