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Daniel Stenberg, the author of cURL, was highlighting graceful fallback as the greatest challenge to QUIC/HTTP3 adoption. If the only complaint from users is "v
by anticristi 5y ago
Daniel Stenberg, the author of cURL, was highlighting graceful fallback as the greatest challenge to QUIC/HTTP3 adoption. If the only complaint from users is "video starts 3 second late", UDP will likely stay blocked.
- anderspitman 5y agoReminds me of the Python 2 -> Python 3 upgrade. py3 was similar enough that you could make libraries to essentially support both. Users didn't really notice much difference, but maintaining lower-level libraries was often a pain. Those compatibility libraries were great, but in retrospect I think a clean break would have been better for everyone.
- Matthias247 5y agoFallback will happen far earlier (<1s). You don’t want to stare at a blank website for 3 seconds.
- ReactiveJelly 5y agoKinda like Happy Eyeballs, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Eyeballs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Eyeballs
- Matthias247 5y agoHappy eyeballs is indeed used in common implementations of http/3