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Feynor · 09-10-2013, 03:59 AM

If only these sites would make good use of the HEAD command, it could cut down on their load tremendously.
The standard response header does have a Last-Modified field, for instance:
Last-Modified: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:43:03 GMT

However on FFNET and TTH, this seems to always be today's date, rendering it useless.

Are there any way to "suggest" that they start using the response header to provide simple metadata?

Why would that help them?
By using the HEAD command, the server "only" have to look up a few things about the given story id, it doesn't have to load all the data for the page, and render the HTML code or send the data, taxing their bandwidth.

Why would that help us?
Speed, and easier decoding. Pure and simple.

09-10-2013, 03:59 AM	#1848
Feynor Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 ed. with Moon Reader+ and Google Books.	If only these sites would make good use of the HEAD command, it could cut down on their load tremendously. The standard response header does have a Last-Modified field, for instance: Last-Modified: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:43:03 GMT However on FFNET and TTH, this seems to always be today's date, rendering it useless. Are there any way to "suggest" that they start using the response header to provide simple metadata? Why would that help them? By using the HEAD command, the server "only" have to look up a few things about the given story id, it doesn't have to load all the data for the page, and render the HTML code or send the data, taxing their bandwidth. Why would that help us? Speed, and easier decoding. Pure and simple. Last edited by Feynor; 09-10-2013 at 04:16 AM.