There was a surprisingly good talk on just that: https://vimeo.com/20781119 https://vimeo.com/20781119 Where the server goes from requiring multiple requests t

There was a surprisingly good talk on just that: https://vimeo.com/20781119 https://vimeo.com/20781119 Where the server goes from requiring multiple requests to a single request without changing the clients whatsoever. So, I feel you're comment is on the right path (less http requests are better for the client and server), but might not realize that things can be optimized further.