[Cosmo-dev] Bug 10304 and base64 encoding

[Bobby Rullo]

On Sep 10, 2007, at 11:37 AM, Brian Moseley wrote:

> On 9/10/07, Bobby Rullo <br at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>> The reality is that this there is no client who can do much of
>> anything with EIM+JSON except for the WebUI, and the primary (only)
>
> what makes you think that?

Because we invented EIM+JSON.

>
>> consumer of it is the web browser. The EIM+JSON feed would  never
>> have existed if not for the web UI. So the needs of the web UI are of
>> primary importance here.
>
> the one statement doesn't follow from the other. just because a tool
> was developed to meet one need doesn't mean that other people won't
> come along and want to use that tool.

See my next statement.

>
>> Travis suggested in IRC having base64 encoding on by default, but
>> having the ability to turn it off via a header or query string. This
>> solution would seem to me to satisfy everyone's needs.
>
> if we can prove conclusively that the web ui does not perform well
> enough without encoding, then i don't mind considering an option like
> this. of course, we'd have to define some performance goals first.
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Ok. but what about ease of debugging, and size of data?