Thanks for the comments. I have made some of the suggested changes
and have put a new version out called ipp-info2.(ppt, ps).
For everyone else that is afraid they didn't have time to comment, feel
free to make additional comments. For Roger's sake, I mostly wanted to
add some pictures and some scenarios and get feedback on those as
soon as possible. I agree that these are needed. What do you think of
the approach I took?
Also, Roger, one of the comments came from Alex:
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What's the REAL benefit of using HTTP? I mean, while you use a Web
browser you still need a helper app to give the user a nice
frontend. What's the difference between this and simply using some
generic TCP stream like SMTP has been doing for fifteen years now?
The reason I bring this up is because a lot of network admins have
been very criticial of the very poor design of the original HTTP and
the uncontrollable resource requirements of Web browser. Someone is
bound to ask this question.
P.S.: While buzzword-compliance does not count as an answer, it
certainly is accepted as a design criterium to ensure success of
the project ;-)
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Scott