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HTTP 2.0 is going to happen whether we complain about it here or not.

While we can certainly wait and see whether people will balk and make changes, the only true way to stop it is to replace it.

If you can write a better set of protocols that meet the requirements, do it. If you can't then work with or support those that will.

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Like IPv6? Its taken more than 10 years to approach 1% traffic share. Perhaps HTTP 2.0 will happen but I wouldn't bet money on it being everywhere anytime soon.

I can't switch to IPv6 by downloading a browser. I could switch today to SPDY. In fact, it's got 55% market share including IE 11: http://caniuse.com/spdy

Consider that until people start being told "no, you can't get more IP v4 addresses" or some services are unavailable via IPv4, the incentive to switch to IPv6 is quite low.

We have IPv6 connectivity from our colo provider in one location, and a tunnel to our office, but two years in we're still only testing it for this reason - there's never enough time, and it's not yet urgent enough.

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