New Chrome arrives with 28% faster page reloading

Chrome 56 arrives with 28% faster page reloading, “Not secure” warning for HTTP password and credit card forms

Reload has long been a staple feature of web browsers and kept its original behavior throughout the years, despite the changing landscape of web platform innovations, connectivity, and content consumption patterns. When reloading a page, browsers will check with the web server if cached resources are still usable, a process known as validation. This typically results in hundreds of network requests per page issued to dozens of domains. On mobile devices, the high latency and transient nature of mobile connections mean that this behavior can produce serious performance issues. In the latest version of Chrome, changes to page reload behavior produce reloads that are 28% faster and result in 60% less validation requests.

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