Chrome will soon try HTTPS first when you type an incomplete URL
From pioneering features like Site Isolation and working behind the scenes at the CA/B Forum to improve the state of the TLS certificate business, we all owe a great deal of gratitude to the Chrome team. But one of the biggest areas of interest for Chrome engineers over the past few years has been in pushing and promoting the use of HTTPS, both inside their browser, but also among website owners. As part of these efforts, Chrome now tries to upgrade sites from HTTP to HTTPS when HTTPS is available. Chrome also warns users when they're about to enter passwords or payment card data on unsecur...