Chrome will test HTTPS when loading web pages

Google Chrome users have many options for loading web pages and web applications into the browser.

They can click on links, use bookmarks, or type the URL directly into the address bar to open websites.

If a user enters a complete domain containing a protocol, it opens as it is, but what happens when the user does not specify the protocol? When you type iguru.gr and press Enter, does Chrome load the page directly with HTTPS or try HTTP first?

It turns out that Chrome is testing the HTTP version by default. This of course made sense at some point as most websites did not use HTTPS. Today things are different.

Google plans to introduce a new feature in the Chrome browser to make HTTPS the default.

A recent comment at Chromium, confirms the company plan.

Default typed omnibox navigations to HTTPS: Initial implementation

Presently, when a user types a domain name in the omnibox such as "example.com", Chrome navigates to the HTTP version of the site (http://example.com). However, the web is increasingly moving towards HTTPS, and we now want to optimize omnibox navigations and first-load performance for HTTPS, rather than HTTP.

Google will modify the code so that the master box and autocomplete codes use the HTTPS protocol by default. Google calls it "upgraded HTTPS navigation".

Chrome will use HTTP if HTTPS is not supported. SSL errors will be ignored by Chrome if the HTTPS connection does not work as long as it was part of an HTTPS upgrade.

The current application is not yet ready for general use according to Google. One downside is that it waits for the HTTPS connection to fully load or fail before trying HTTP. Future versions will automatically cancel loading to test HTTP connections.

The feature will be implemented first in Chromium and then integrated into other Chromium-based browsers (Microsoft Edge, Opera or Brave).