A little insight into how Google optimizes its applications - take Gmail, for instance
Noticed the new Gmail loading screen? This was introduced sometime in mid-May 2008.
It might seem like nothing spectacular but wait till you read a post on the official Gmail blog explaining how they optimized Gmail's loading code.
You get to learn:
- Gmail's architecture.
- Web development tools used - looks like they really like the Httpwatch plug-in for the Internet Explorer.
- What they did with requests, cookies and icon images to improve performance.
Pretty interesting reading, yes?
Tags: gmail