Is Clever a Way to Cheat in the Page Display Race?
December 5, 2010
“Google and Microsoft Cheat on Slow Start. Should You?” explores how big Web players speed their page load times. Fascinating stuff. Google has tried to make speed one of its distinguishing characteristics. I did not know that Google “cheated” by ignoring certain Internet conventions. The assertion is interesting and triggers in my mind some thoughts about how Google’s corporate culture operates.
Here’s the passage that I thought was interesting with regard to the speed up trick and suggestive about Google’s approach to problems it finds “frustrating”.
The Google engineers on the mailing list have taken on a more frustrated tone recently, so it’s possible that they decided the best way to make forward progress was to just turn it on and see whether the internet actually melts down or not. It’s also possible that I happen to part of an ongoing test that they’re running.
My view is that the Math Club crowd assumes it is better to day “we’re sorry” instead of fooling around with troublesome and annoying work processes that involve other humans, often not in the Math Club.
In my opinion, I do not think Google’s “let’s do it anyway” approach is confined to this single instance. Try explaining this technical issue to your local elected official.
Stephen E Arnold, December 4, 2010
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