Re: [gopher] Gopher Live Stream Demonstration
> >> Once again, OmniWeb does not seem to work. Floodgap proxy doesn't seem to
> >> work either in OmniWeb, Safari or Firefox. OverbiteFF does work.
> >
> > OverbiteFF just pumps data to Firefox when it's in pass-through mode, but
> > the proxy reads in fixed chunks. Moreover, browsers using the proxy may be
> > waiting for the transaction to complete before rendering it, not expecting
> > that the data stream is "infinite." I suspect OmniWeb is doing the same.
>
> The Floodgap proxy works great for text streams, though.
Yes, but the browser can just emit that. It may not necessarily have to
correspond with a frame or particular internal binary boundary, and doesn't
have to go through layout or any other "filter" between that and rendering.
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