Breakthrough technology the first to pre-execute JavaScript in the Cloud

The recent launch of Amazon’s new Silk browser generated a lot of interest in the concept of a hybrid browser that pre-processed content in the cloud. While very innovative, this technology is limited to the users of Amazon’s new tablet.

Today, Blaze is pleased to announce the next generation of our Mobile Frontend Optimization (FEO) Service that will enable site owners to double the speed of their sites on most modern Tablet or Smartphone devices including iOS & Android. This new offering builds on our previous mobile optimization solution, adding new breakthrough innovations including the ability to pre-execute JavaScript in the Cloud.

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Today we’re launching a new optimization I’m very excited about – the ability to Pre-Execute JavaScript for Mobile Devices. Understanding JavaScript is critical when attempting to automatically understand web pages. Eliminating JavaScript from pages, to the extent possible,  is a major performance optimization opportunity.

Web Pages today are loaded with JavaScript. More specifically, scripts are used in abundance during page load. This type of usage is bad for performance even on a desktop PC. Browsers can’t anticipate dynamic content, and as a result they can’t optimize it. With no other option they resort to downloading files sequentially instead of in parallel, not performing DNS queries or opening connections ahead of time, etc.

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It’s been a while since we updated about Mobitest, and we’re way overdue for an update. Despite the lack of updates, Mobitest use has been growing quickly, and we have some exciting new additions we’re releasing today too.

First some words about growth. Mobitest has grown dramatically since we launched back in February of last year. Just in the last couple of months, Mobitest traffic has tripled, and with it the number of tests submitted. Testers clearly care about iOS the most – 55% of the tests are sent on iOS, and 69% of the tests on iOS. Granted, the fact iPhone is the default device probably helps those stats…
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