Seemingly not content with the speedy surfing available to users of its Chrome browser, Internet search titan Google intends to make the Web experience even more efficient through the introduction of a new protocol.
Could Google\'s already quick Chrome be about to get quicker? Image: Google.
According to California-based Google, the ongoing development of its aptly named SPDY protocol, which is pronounced “speedy”, could significantly improve current surfing speeds on offer to online users through the stalwart HTTP standard.
“We want to continue building on the Web’s tradition of experimentation and optimization to further support the evolution of websites and browsers,” outlined Google software engineers Mike Belshe and Roberto Peon in an official blog post.
“So over the last few months, a few of us here at Google have been experimenting with new ways for Web browsers and servers to speak to each other, resulting in a prototype Web server and Google Chrome client with SPDY support,” they added.
In terms of performance-based improvement seen by Google after putting its new protocol to the test, the online giant claims Web pages on some of the Net’s biggest and busiest sites loaded up to 55 percent quicker than normal when viewed via SPDY.
While likely to eventually arrive as a performance-based feature available through its own streamlined Chrome browser, Google has not put a release date on the protocol, instead saying much work is still to be done regarding the evolution and real-world effect of SPDY.
That being said, if you’re ears have been suitably pricked by the prospect of enhanced surfing, you may wish to keep tabs on the Google blog given that Belshe and Peon have intimated the development team could soon be looking for active participation, feedback and assistance from the Web community to help better hone SPDY’s progression.
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