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The reason for a separate mobile site is that we can transfer less data over the wire. mobile sites typically aren't as feature filled as the desktop sites.
by _RPM 10y ago
The reason for a separate mobile site is that we can transfer less data over the wire. mobile sites typically aren't as feature filled as the desktop sites.
- ethbro 10y agoWhat features does wikipedia have besides collapsing sections?
- ant6n 10y agoBandwidth isn't the issue as much as latency. Those collapsible sections where the content isn't loaded just mean I have to wait 10 times for 20s while trying to read an article, rather than once for 25s upfront.
- spullara 10y agoLatency is almost always the killer on mobile (hell, on desktop too) rather than bandwidth for web pages.
- jacalata 10y agoWikipedia has a large audience in areas where bandwidth is very much an issue.
- robocat 10y agoLooking at a probably large page (Intel), html content for everything before references is about 250k, which becomes say 50k compressed. Maybe for first world connections, that could be speculatively preloaded. IP address to lookup country is enough to guess?
- coin 10y agoWhich is why we have to play games like forging the user agent to get the full desktop site
- revelation 10y agoIf only we had ever invented a way for users (agents) to signal their preferences to remote servers. What's that, cookies exist? Someone tell people, it seems everyone believes those are just for invading user privacy. (Wikipedia included)
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThat sounds like the actual problem is the ongoing bloat of useless, unnecessary "features."