-* Building absolute URIs
-* RFC compliant HTTP redirects
-* RFC compliant HTTP date handling
-* Parsing of HTTP headers and messages
-* Caching by "Last-Modified" and/or ETag
- (with 'on the fly' option for ETag generation from buffered output)
-* Sending data/files/streams with (multiple) ranges support
-* Negotiating user preferred language/charset
-* Convenient request functionality built upon libcurl
-* PHP5 classes: HttpUtil, HttpResponse (PHP-5.1), HttpRequest, HttpRequestPool, HttpMessage
+This HTTP extension aims to provide a convenient and powerful
+set of functionality for one of PHPs major applications.
+
+It eases handling of HTTP urls, dates, redirects, headers and
+messages, provides means for negotiation of clients preferred
+language and charset, as well as a convenient way to send any
+arbitrary data with caching and resuming capabilities.
+
+It provides powerful request functionality, if built with CURL
+support. Parallel requests are available for PHP-5 and greater.
+
+PHP-5 classes:
+HttpUtil, HttpMessage, HttpRequest, HttpRequestPool,
+HttpDeflateStream, HttpInflateStream, HttpQueryString
+
+PHP-5.1 classes:
+HttpResponse