Re: Split Browsers on the Rise?

One addition to your list: Yandex Browser (http://browser.yandex.com/) splits traffic too; futhermore, traffic compression feature applies dynamically when user's internet connection is bad.

18.09.2013, 21:58, "Appelquist Daniel (UK)" <Daniel.Appelquist@telefonica.com>:
> I note that Google are rolling out a "split browser" for mobile Chrome
> with a proxy that can (using SPDY) proxy and compress all traffic:
>
> http://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/data-compression
> <https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/data-compression>
>
> We've discussed split browsers before specifically around the SPDY topic.
> Does it make sense to discuss this topic again, considering the rise of
> this approach? šI can think of 4 browsers out there that are splitting the
> processing in different ways between the client (device) and some kind of
> proxy:
>
> * Opera Mini (what's going on with this in light of Opera's move to
> Chromium?)
> * Amazon Silk
> * Nokia Xpress browser (on Nokia Asha phones)
> * now Google Chrome for IOS / Android
>
> ...so maybe this is something TAG needs to think about and offer some
> guidance on...?
>
> Dan

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Received on Thursday, 19 September 2013 08:46:30 UTC