Google Tests 'Never-Slow Mode' for Speedier Browsing (zdnet.com)

At some point in the future, Chrome may gain a new feature, dubbed 'Never-Slow Mode', which would trim heavy web pages to keep browsing fast. From a report: The prototype feature is referenced in a work-in-progress commit for the Chromium open-source project. With Never-Slow Mode enabled, it would "enforce per-interaction budgets designed to keep the main thread clean." The design document for Never-Slow Mode hasn't been made public. However, the feature's owner, Chrome developer Alex Russell, has provided a rough outline of how it would work to speed up web pages with large scripts. "Currently blocks large scripts, sets budgets for certain resource types (script, font, css, images), turns off document.write(), clobbers sync XHR, enables client-hints pervasively, and buffers resources without 'Content-Length' set," wrote Russell.

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Que my mom wondering why the internets broke

[Anonymous Coward]

Fucks sake - this is exactly the reason random web page X stops working.

Here's a hint google: You're fixing the WRONG problem.

The correct problem to apply pressure to:

1) Crap web code, and specfically better educating the people that write it.
2) Javascripts crappy threads.

Your 'never slow mode' should only ever be a debug tool for people making web pages.

Re:Que my mom wondering why the internets broke

[DarkRookie2]

Just look at the code for any site made or redesigned last 5 years.

Sounds like effective ad blocking is the answer

[OffTheLip]

Web pages load okay without all of the crap added to them.