Turbo anyone?
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@Dietrich
Yeah, my internet is very slow and expensive ($100 month for 256kps) so turbo is a must for me.... Opera and Yandex are my two go to browsers because of this...
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I also want to have turbo on Vivaldi T_T
my internet provider is really greedy when it comes to quota internet.
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@gwen-dragon I see, too bad. I'll wait until data saver/turbo will be implemented in Vivaldi then!
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With normal connections the Turbo function is not worth much today, but it can be an optional feature for slow connections, as I also had for some time living in a small town with a 3G connection with a paleolithic speed.
Then I was very grateful for this function that Opera had. -
So, 3 years after topic started and 12 months since last reply... Maybe it's time for Turbo?
You know, Vivaldi know is now feature-rich fast and cool browser being stable and very attractive to use... But I still am forced to use Opera just because of this. I'd threw Opera to trash can without thinking twice if I'll have Turbo feature on better browser and Vivaldi IS better browser having everything else I'd like browser to have... -
@Hirumo Are you offering to buy the compression servers and set them up around the world? After all, that is the infrastructure required for turbo. Or maybe you have a few mil to drop to set it up on leased servers in the Amazon cloud. That might work.
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@Hirumo You can vote for the feature request.
Turbo Data Saver / Data Compressor, but look for other solutions as it might be a long time before we see this.
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@Hirumo
Opera is going to drop Turbo in v59. The reason behind this decision is the growing number of websites using encrypted connection (https). The Turbo servers need to transform the site's data to be able to compress its size, but it can't be done if the data is encrypted. -
Thanks for answers, everyone!
Last reply is worrying, though. Web going for security where it is needed or not is already getting slower and slower if it'll lead for dropping compression completely than it's even more sad.
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@Hirumo
Your points are valid, but security must be a top priority. Data compression and faster page loading can be achieved several ways though, but it should not be the duty of browser vendors. Turbo was a nice feature in its days, but it only worked, because only a small fraction of peopled used Opera and Turbo as well. Imagine how many resources would it take on the server side to offer the same service for hundreds of millions of users.