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Just a wild guess here, but I bet they're using Google Analytics for the same reason everyone else uses Google Analytics--to see what their audience is looking

by jonknee 10y ago

Just a wild guess here, but I bet they're using Google Analytics for the same reason everyone else uses Google Analytics--to see what their audience is looking at. > Also, requiring Javascript in a single page application is a terrible design for this kind of site. Good luck making a single page application without Javascript! It is all in 25 requests and 668KB, not the lightest site, but that's actually less data than the homepage of Google is today. It's also properly setting expires headers so future page loads are very quick.

pdkl95 10y ago
I know why they want analytics; I'm asking why they are giving out live tracking data to a single private company. This free data is effectively a subsidy. > Good luck making a single page application without Javascript The bad design decision was making it a single page application in the first place. This should be a static site, or very lightweight (and easily cached) framework. > 25 requests and 668KB That's an obscene amount of bloat. This should be 3-5 requests not counting images, and 668kB is an order of magnitude too big. > less data than the homepage of Google is today Comparing against another massively over-engineered, bloated web page isn't particularly useful. > expires headers That's great, but it doesn't affect the initial download size or the memory/CPU usage in the user agent. https://vimeo.com/147806338 https://vimeo.com/147806338
- pc86 10y ago
  That's not what subsidy means.
- jonknee 10y ago
  > I know why they want analytics; I'm asking why they are giving out live tracking data to a single private company. This free data is effectively a subsidy. How is it a subsidy? They are getting the analytical data they want and are not having to pay anything for it. They could spend tons of time and money to build an analytics system, but that sounds like a waste of tax dollars. You'll also notice that their code is hosted on GitHub, is that a subsidy too?
paulryanrogers 10y ago
Mobile browsers don't always keep things until the server says they expire. That being said a frequent user will probably end up saving data in the long run.

by jonknee 10y ago

pdkl95 10y ago

I know why they want analytics; I'm asking why they are giving out live tracking data to a single private company. This free data is effectively a subsidy. > Good luck making a single page application without Javascript The bad design decision was making it a single page application in the first place. This should be a static site, or very lightweight (and easily cached) framework. > 25 requests and 668KB That's an obscene amount of bloat. This should be 3-5 requests not counting images, and 668kB is an order of magnitude too big. > less data than the homepage of Google is today Comparing against another massively over-engineered, bloated web page isn't particularly useful. > expires headers That's great, but it doesn't affect the initial download size or the memory/CPU usage in the user agent. https://vimeo.com/147806338 https://vimeo.com/147806338

pc86 10y ago
That's not what subsidy means.
jonknee 10y ago
> I know why they want analytics; I'm asking why they are giving out live tracking data to a single private company. This free data is effectively a subsidy. How is it a subsidy? They are getting the analytical data they want and are not having to pay anything for it. They could spend tons of time and money to build an analytics system, but that sounds like a waste of tax dollars. You'll also notice that their code is hosted on GitHub, is that a subsidy too?

paulryanrogers 10y ago

Mobile browsers don't always keep things until the server says they expire. That being said a frequent user will probably end up saving data in the long run.