Wanna feel old?

[Axtremus]

And this:

Future HTTP protocols will be back-compatible with this protocol.

Assurance of future compatibility right from the start, leaving all future implementations with a known starting point to discover/negotiate new capabilities.

These slides (PDF) give a pretty good technical outline/summary of how HTTP has evolved from 1991 to late 2022.

[kluurs]

I was using Medline and Lockheed Dialog back in the 1970s (300 baud modem), then worked for Quaker Oats where Xerox was beta-testing the "paperless office" using the Star system which was "borrowed" by Steve Jobs and Apple to develop the Mac.

[Klaus]

@Axtremus said in Wanna feel old?:

These slides (PDF) give a pretty good technical outline/summary of how HTTP has evolved from 1991 to late 2022.

Hey, nice slides!

Do you have any thoughts on bringing quality of service methods into the WWW protocol stack? E.g., bandwidth or latency guarantees.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Klaus said in Wanna feel old?:

@Axtremus said in Wanna feel old?:

These slides (PDF) give a pretty good technical outline/summary of how HTTP has evolved from 1991 to late 2022.

Hey, nice slides!

Do you have any thoughts on bringing quality of service methods into the WWW protocol stack? E.g., bandwidth or latency guarantees.

Klaus, the thread is 'Wanna feel old' not freaking suicidal