"Wide load" status code(s)?

[Matthew Graybosch]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:20:03 +0200
Peter Vernigorov <pitr.vern at gmail.com> wrote:

> Although this makes sense at first glance, I believe that a status
> code is too late to let user know that the file is large. Bytes are
> already being transferred and received by user's OS, even if client
> is not reading them yet. By the time any of this information is
> displayed to the user, and the time it takes them to react, damage
> has already been done. I think the only sensible solution is for
> pages to display size information to user next to the link.

I agree, but I suspect that unless content authors take the time to
provide this information themselves displaying size info next to links
will require multiple rounds of communication between the user agent
and the server just to query file sizes. That probably isn't what
solderpunk, etc. had in mind.

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