Comments on: Limit URLs, DBUpgrade and HAR beacon in ShowSlow http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/limit-urls-dbupgrade-and-har-beacon-in-showslow/ Sergey Chernyshev's blog about projects and web in general. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sergey Chernyshev http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/limit-urls-dbupgrade-and-har-beacon-in-showslow/comment-page-1/#comment-16843 Sergey Chernyshev Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:11:58 +0000 http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/?p=436#comment-16843 I agree regarding privacy - it's probably worth adding extra warning to a beacon similar to YSlow/Page Speed beacons. But I also think that it's important to distinguish ShowSlow.com being public demo instance and those private installations that people host within their organizations, on private servers and so on. Many users actually have same concerns regarding any data they measure, even non-personalized data, but even actual fact of metering and that's why they install their own instances. Thanks Steve! I very much hope to join you at Velocity - my talk about ShowSlow is accepted so now it's just a question of getting there ;) Hope Patrick Meenan of AOL Page Test will be there too - there is a lot to share among the projects. I agree regarding privacy – it’s probably worth adding extra warning to a beacon similar to YSlow/Page Speed beacons.

But I also think that it’s important to distinguish ShowSlow.com being public demo instance and those private installations that people host within their organizations, on private servers and so on. Many users actually have same concerns regarding any data they measure, even non-personalized data, but even actual fact of metering and that’s why they install their own instances.

Thanks Steve! I very much hope to join you at Velocity – my talk about ShowSlow is accepted so now it’s just a question of getting there ;) Hope Patrick Meenan of AOL Page Test will be there too – there is a lot to share among the projects.

]]> By: Steve Souders http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/limit-urls-dbupgrade-and-har-beacon-in-showslow/comment-page-1/#comment-16838 Steve Souders Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:06 +0000 http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/?p=436#comment-16838 Sorry - I meant Honza and Sergey! Can't wait to hear more from you at Velocity OLC, Sergey. And I hope you'll join us at the in-real-life Velocity event in June. I've been evangelizing showslow.com to every company I talk to. Great example of open source and crowdsourcing combined. Sorry – I meant Honza and Sergey! Can’t wait to hear more from you at Velocity OLC, Sergey. And I hope you’ll join us at the in-real-life Velocity event in June. I’ve been evangelizing showslow.com to every company I talk to. Great example of open source and crowdsourcing combined.

]]> By: Steve Souders http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/limit-urls-dbupgrade-and-har-beacon-in-showslow/comment-page-1/#comment-16837 Steve Souders Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:30 +0000 http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/blog/?p=436#comment-16837 This is awesome, Honza! What about privacy concerns in posting a HAR file? What should users be concerned about? I can imagine a HTTP trace containing IP addresses, usernames & passwords (esp. for HTTP login pages), cookies, etc. Which of those and other potentially private information are made public? If any of them are, it would be neat if NetExport had an option to strip all of that information. For example, cookies could be replaced with xoxo characters. This is awesome, Honza! What about privacy concerns in posting a HAR file? What should users be concerned about? I can imagine a HTTP trace containing IP addresses, usernames & passwords (esp. for HTTP login pages), cookies, etc. Which of those and other potentially private information are made public? If any of them are, it would be neat if NetExport had an option to strip all of that information. For example, cookies could be replaced with xoxo characters.

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