After 13 Years, Even HTTP is About to get Perflift
Internet Engineering Task Force officially opened the discussion on how to improve the HTTP protocol to make the technology faster. Google’s SPDY proposal is the front runner due to its browser and server market share, however the group leader stated that they plan to review all proposals and SPDY could be a starting point.
Cache Insights From Steve Souders
Maximizing cache utilization and compressing text responses are key web performance technique. However, not all browsers cache compressed files the same way. IE and Safari store items in cache uncompressed, while other browser store the compressed file – maximizing the utilization of cache size limits.
The New 308 Permanent Redirect HTTP Status Code
Eric Law from Microsoft talks about the challenges of the newest HTTP status code, the 308 Permanent Redirect.
AOL Retires 9,500 Servers
As part of the Server Roundup Contest to minimize energy utilization, AOL decommissioned 9,500 servers in less than 6 months to save $5.05 million.
Impact of 3rd Parties on US Site for Chinese Users
Everyone in the web performance community should know by now that 3rd party tags that load synchronously will impact end user experience. Yet, the majority of top US sites still have not solved this problem. Of course users from China are impacted the most due to the “Great Firewall“.
