Google, Apple and Mozilla, the world's three leading technology companies, are working together to create a better standard for web browsers.
Speedometer 3 is the result of a cross-sectoral partnership between Chrome, Safari and Firefox manufacturers. The group gathered to create a new model that helps balance the vision of companies in measuring the level of response on the web browser.
Speed meters are a standard for web browsers, aiming to measure the response of the application by measuring the time of user interactions simulated on different workloads.
The three companies have created a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of their competing products.
With the new governance policy, the 3-speed clock includes a system based on branches. For example, important changes will require the approval of the other two companies, while unusual changes will require the consent of one of the other two sides.
Meanwhile, small changes can be green-lighted by reviewers from any of the three manufacturers.
The policys purpose is to make it easier for the working group to adapt to most changes, with a higher level of process and expected consensus.
The project was developed based on a 2-speed counter, a current practical standard developed by Apple's WebKit team. Chrome, Safari and Firefox are 3 of the 4 most used browsers in the world today.
The fourth browser, Microsoft Edge, does not run its own tool, relying on Google's chromium open source code with Blink and V8 tools.
The Speedometer 3 project is still in its early stages and its GitHub page warns that it is in a process of active and unstable development. Experts recommend that users continue to use the 2.1 Speed increasing until further development.
