So currently IE7 can only handle 2 simultaneous images from a single domain, hence domain sharding. What does the future hold for domain sharding, will new browsers that can handle more connection render it unneccessary?
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One other advantage of this "domain-sharding" has to do with avoiding to send cookie information for requests to static content.
Daniel Vassallo
2010-08-04 10:04:16
sounds interesting! got any links or terms i should google to read more?
Haroldo
2010-08-04 10:05:22
Yep, check this out: http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#cookie_free, and this: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/08/a-few-speed-improvements/
Daniel Vassallo
2010-08-04 10:09:17
They're typically called "cookie-less domains" or "cookie-free domains" if you want to do some further research :)
Daniel Vassallo
2010-08-04 10:12:50