Re: LYNX-DEV Optimizing relative URLs

[Benjamin C. W. Sittler]

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Al Gilman wrote:

[snip]

> This suggest two possible avenues of optimization:
> 
>       Rob could use IP-number URLs in the root page at
>       lynx.browser.org for at least the Lynx-dev
>       Archive and the Lynx Enhanced Pages.  This would 
>       accelerate the navigation at those sites for people
>       finding their way thence from lynx.browser.org [or
>       caching a bookmark from a visit started thus].
> 
>       Lynx itself could cache the IP number form of host-path
>       as part of BASE when known, and use it in the construction
>       of synthesized URLs relative to this BASE.  This 
>       introduces failures on the odd chance that the IP node
>       serving a domain name changes during the lifetime of
>       a BASE memory in Lynx [perhaps not our most prevalent
>       failure mode].  This would offer some speedup for all
>       navigation via relative URLs.

[snip]

perhaps Lynx could have an 'IP Cache' of, say, the recent-most 256
resolved names. This would be even better if one could access the list
(from the setup screen?) to manually expire (or perhaps re-lookup) IPs.

just an idea...

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