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Not necessarily. The client device may be old, underpowered, slow, and running out of battery. Which isn't to say thick clients are always a bad idea, but they'
by jasonthevillain 10y ago
Not necessarily. The client device may be old, underpowered, slow, and running out of battery. Which isn't to say thick clients are always a bad idea, but they're not the One True Answer™.
- sp527 10y agoHah I rushed that answer but yes totally agree. When I'm dev'ing for web, I always monitor perf against a crappy old Android phone. Similarly, Chrome devtools makes it easy to simulate a bad network connection. I try to make sure it's tolerable. Also worth noting that analytics makes it easy to determine what device/OS the majority of your visitors are using. Anyone building an app would be wise to pay close attention to this to guide dev efforts.