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This sounds like the tips & tricks you see in Pagespeed/Yslow, moving it to a proxy, coupling it with something like SPDY, and mixing in some server side cachin

This sounds like the tips & tricks you see in Pagespeed/Yslow, moving it to a proxy, coupling it with something like SPDY, and mixing in some server side caching. Which is neat, and no doubt will achieve some speedups. But I don't know if it is as revolutionary as Amazon is trying to make it sound. There are also some serious privacy implications here. I don't really know if I want Amazon to cache & potentially record all my browsing, especially since that device is something they can directly connect to all my personal info (purchasing history, CC number, home address, etc..).

cshenoy 15y ago
To be fair, Amazon is doing what our ISPs do already: cache sites to deliver it faster. Also, Amazon's privacy statement says you can make Silk a normal browser by selecting the "off-cloud" mode [1]. Off-cloud mode allows web pages to go directly to the device rather than pass through their servers. I'm sure most users won't know of this option but at least it is an option. [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200775270 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=...
- mcantelon 15y ago
  They do claim they're going to monitor browsing patterns. More food for their recommendation engines.
  - thebigshane 15y ago
    Source? Was that in the video? I hadn't read that anywhere.
    - mcantelon 15y ago
      Yeah, they mentioned that in the video where the engineer-y guys were talking (it's about 3/4 the way into the video if I remember correctly).
    - artursapek 15y ago
      Yes it was, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7F_56WhHk&t=3m55s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7F_56WhHk&t=3m55s
  - johndavi 15y ago
    http://www.streamliner.co/s/etX3i/amazon-silk-amazons-revolutionary-cloud-accelerated-web-browser/?a=aQmZaLt9 http://www.streamliner.co/s/etX3i/amazon-silk-amazons-revolu... is where they say this

cshenoy 15y ago

To be fair, Amazon is doing what our ISPs do already: cache sites to deliver it faster. Also, Amazon's privacy statement says you can make Silk a normal browser by selecting the "off-cloud" mode [1]. Off-cloud mode allows web pages to go directly to the device rather than pass through their servers. I'm sure most users won't know of this option but at least it is an option. [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200775270 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=...

mcantelon 15y ago
They do claim they're going to monitor browsing patterns. More food for their recommendation engines.
- thebigshane 15y ago
  Source? Was that in the video? I hadn't read that anywhere.
  - mcantelon 15y ago
    Yeah, they mentioned that in the video where the engineer-y guys were talking (it's about 3/4 the way into the video if I remember correctly).
  - artursapek 15y ago
    Yes it was, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7F_56WhHk&t=3m55s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7F_56WhHk&t=3m55s
- johndavi 15y ago
  http://www.streamliner.co/s/etX3i/amazon-silk-amazons-revolutionary-cloud-accelerated-web-browser/?a=aQmZaLt9 http://www.streamliner.co/s/etX3i/amazon-silk-amazons-revolu... is where they say this