UPDATE: The official extension is now available in Chrome Web Store.
You can also compare Chrome Compression Proxy with Opera Turbo and Mozilla Janus.
Source: crbug.com
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Dec 19, 2014
Google Chrome Data Saver extension leaked
Google Chrome for iOS and Android have been using Data Compression Proxy for a while. This feature has been brought to desktop thanks to the open source Data Compression Proxy extension by niu tech. Now Google is developing its own extension entitled Data Saver (codenamed Flywheel Desktop), screenshot of which has recently leaked:
UPDATE: The official extension is now available in Chrome Web Store.
You can also compare Chrome Compression Proxy with Opera Turbo and Mozilla Janus.
Source: crbug.com
UPDATE: The official extension is now available in Chrome Web Store.
You can also compare Chrome Compression Proxy with Opera Turbo and Mozilla Janus.
Source: crbug.com
Sep 11, 2014
Chrome Data Compression Proxy vs Mozilla Janus vs Opera Turbo
Most of web browser vendors provide a way to speed up browsing by using compression proxy. Opera has long been known for its Turbo/Off-road mode, Google Chrome has the Data Compression Proxy and Mozilla has recently introduced the Janus Proxy, which you can access system-wide using a PAC file at http://janus.allizom.org.
I have tested onload event times of various web pages using all three compression proxies and a direct 5 Mb/s connection over WiFi on my PC. Total times as well as Numion YourSpeed results are shown below:
Surprisingly, the fastest is a direct Internet connection, but this would depend on your local bandwidth. Opera Turbo and Chrome Compression Proxy go head to head, both using WebP image format. The slowest is Janus, using MozJPEG instead.
I have tested onload event times of various web pages using all three compression proxies and a direct 5 Mb/s connection over WiFi on my PC. Total times as well as Numion YourSpeed results are shown below:
| Chrome DCP | Mozilla Janus | Opera Turbo | Direct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZDNet | 11.5 s | 24.5 s | 11.4 s | 11.1 s |
| CNN | 14.3 s | 20.0 s | 12.2 s | 10.7 s |
| BBC | 7.3 s | 27.3 s | 11.7 s | 6.6 s |
| NYtimes | 6.5 s | 10.7 s | 6.1 s | 5.6 s |
| eBay | 8.7 s | 14.5 s | 7.8 s | 8.1 s |
| Amazon | 5.3 s | 10.6 s | 3 s | 5 s |
| 7.4 s | 12 s | 9.2 s | 7.3 s | |
| Wikipedia | 3.8 s | 6.3 s | 3 s | 3 s |
| Total | 64.8 s | 125.9 s | 64.4 s | 57.4 s |
| Numion YourSpeed | 218 kb/s | 119 kb/s | 216 kb/s | 308 kb/s |
Surprisingly, the fastest is a direct Internet connection, but this would depend on your local bandwidth. Opera Turbo and Chrome Compression Proxy go head to head, both using WebP image format. The slowest is Janus, using MozJPEG instead.
Jun 23, 2014
Download Chrome Dev Editor developer pre-release
Chrome Dev Editor is a web development environment running as a packaged app inside Google Chrome. It is based on the open source project Spark developed by Google since November 2013 using the Dart language and Polymer elements. Chrome Dev Editor supports building JavaScript & Dart web apps, Chrome apps, Polymer elements and widgets. It is going to be officially announced at Google I/O 2014, but you can download the developer pre-release version 0.13 below. Keep in mind, that you use it at your own risk.
To install Chrome Dev Editor, you would probably need a developer channel of Google Chrome. Go to chrome://extensions, drag and drop the CRX file there. You will be asked to install the packaged app.
On the first run, the app could hang at a splash screen for a while:
In the main window, you can click the wrench icon to check the settings:
You can create your new project, deploy it or clone the Git repository using the hamburger icon:
You can run the HTML file using the context menu or the play icon:
Chrome Dev Editor provides code autocompletion and highlighting:
It even provides an integrated web server and supports Web Starter Kit out of the box:
Download Chrome Dev Editor packaged app (CRX)
Disclaimer: This is an unofficial developer pre-release. I am not affiliated with Google.
To install Chrome Dev Editor, you would probably need a developer channel of Google Chrome. Go to chrome://extensions, drag and drop the CRX file there. You will be asked to install the packaged app.
On the first run, the app could hang at a splash screen for a while:
In the main window, you can click the wrench icon to check the settings:
You can create your new project, deploy it or clone the Git repository using the hamburger icon:
You can run the HTML file using the context menu or the play icon:
Chrome Dev Editor provides code autocompletion and highlighting:
It even provides an integrated web server and supports Web Starter Kit out of the box:
Download Chrome Dev Editor packaged app (CRX)
Disclaimer: This is an unofficial developer pre-release. I am not affiliated with Google.
Feb 18, 2014
Speed up your Google Chrome for desktop by using Data Compression Proxy
Google has added a Chrome Data Compression Proxy to its mobile Google Chrome browser for iOS and Android. Like Opera Turbo, it speeds up web browsing by greatly reducing size of transferred HTTP packets, by using a SPDY protocol, compressing resources, optimizing images to WEBP format and tunneling all traffic via secure HTTPS connection. Unfortunately, it has been available only to mobile users. Until now.
Browsing the net, I have just found an experimental Google Chrome extension, which brings Data Compression Proxy to desktop. This is an unofficial add-on, so it could potentially break some web pages or stop working some day, but for now it works great and accelerates web browsing significantly. What is more, it is open source, so anybody can check its source and contribute to it.
UPDATE: Google has released the official Data Saver extension for Chrome.
Download Data Saver from Chrome Web Store
Browsing the net, I have just found an experimental Google Chrome extension, which brings Data Compression Proxy to desktop. This is an unofficial add-on, so it could potentially break some web pages or stop working some day, but for now it works great and accelerates web browsing significantly. What is more, it is open source, so anybody can check its source and contribute to it.
UPDATE: Google has released the official Data Saver extension for Chrome.
Download Data Saver from Chrome Web Store
Sep 25, 2013
The best Android browser is... Opera!
I have tested the most popular web browsers on Android Jelly Bean: Stock Android Browser, Google Chrome 29, Opera 16, Opera Mobile Classic 12.1, Mozilla Firefox 24 and Dolphin Browser 10 with Jetpack. While Opera and Opera Classic have an Off-road or Turbo mode, which speeds up loading websites, it was disabled for this test. Here is the comparison table, two best results are green:
The best Android web browser, in terms of performance and compliance to web standards, is the new Opera! However, Dolphin has the best support for HTML5 and Chrome with Firefox are almost as fast as Opera.
| Browser | Browsermark | Octane Benchmark | HTML5 Test | CSS3 Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Browser | 2132 | 1175 | 327 + 14 | 45 |
| Chrome | 2240 | 1951 | 429 + 11 | 60 |
| Opera | 2650 | 2089 | 443 + 11 | 62 |
| Opera Classic | 1740 | 571 | 406 + 12 | 52 |
| Firefox | 2071 | 2253 | 426 + 10 | 58 |
| Dolphin | 2008 | 1544 | 471 + 3 | 57 |
The best Android web browser, in terms of performance and compliance to web standards, is the new Opera! However, Dolphin has the best support for HTML5 and Chrome with Firefox are almost as fast as Opera.
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