Since September 11 2015, it is better to read the commit log
to follow the changes in detail.
September 11, 2015
- Converted the master version of this document to Markdown syntax, with
new formatting and lots of tiny edits all over.
- 13: mention more resources, updated links and descriptions
- 12: Updated the QUIC description with reference to draft
- 8.5: refreshed with current numbers
- 3.4: the average is now 40 TCP connections
- 6.4: Updated to reflect what the spec says
Version 1.12: May 21, 2015
- 1.1: HTTP/2 is now in an official RFC
- 6.5.1: link to the HPACK RFC
- 9.1: mention the Firefox 36+ config switch for http2
- 12.1: Added section about QUIC
Version 1.11: March 12, 2015
- Lots of language improvements mostly pointed out by friendly contributors
- 8.3.1: mention nginx and Apache httpd specific acitivities
Version 1.10: February 18, 2015
- 1: the protocol has been "okayed"
- 4.1: refreshed the wording since 2014 is last year
- front: added image and call it "http2 explained" there, fixed link
- 1.4: added document history section
- many spelling and grammar mistakes corrected
- 14: added thanks to bug reporters
- 2.4: (better) labels for the HTTP growth graph
- 6.3: corrected the wagon order in the multiplexed train
- 6.5.1: HPACK draft-12
Version 1.9: February 11, 2015
- Updated to HTTP/2 draft-17 and HPACK draft-11
- Added section "10. http2 in Chromium" (== one page longer now)
- Lots of spell fixes
- At 30 implementations now
- 8.5: added some current usage numbers
- 8.3: mention internet explorer too
- 8.3.1 "missing implementations" added
- 8.4.3: mention that TLS also increases success rate
Version 1.8: January 15th, 2015
- Compressed the images better, leading to a much smaller PDF
- Updated to draft-16 and hpack-10
- Replaced several images
- Linkified many URLs
- Added a few questions in 8.4
- Mentions IETF Last Call
Version 1.7: November 18th, 2014
- Updated to draft-15 details
- Minor edits
Version 1.6: August 13th, 2014
- Updated to draft-14 details
- Firefox Nightly runs with it by default
- clarified NPN details
Version 1.5: June 18th, 2014
- Updated to draft-13 details
- Mention extensions and the two first discussed ones
Version 1.4: May 7th, 2014
- Updated Firefox network trace screenshot
- clarify that the spec won't be "out" in June
- clarify that HTTP 1.1 had the two TCP connection restriction, it wasn't there in 1.0
Changes in 1.3:
- Restored the chapter numbering that somehow got lost in 1.2
Changes in 1.2:
Changes in 1.1:
10+ language fixes of funny wording or bad grammar.