> every resource on it has to be reloaded every time the user navigates Since when? Browser cache is a thing that exists. > especially for users on low-end de

> every resource on it has to be reloaded every time the user navigates Since when? Browser cache is a thing that exists. > especially for users on low-end devices and/or high-latency connections I use an original iPad Mini (so basically the guts of an iPad 2 with a smaller screen) for occasional browsing. It definitely works better on simple, JS free pages. I use said iPad Mini in Thailand. Regardless of our ISP provided line-speed, connections out of the country are always a throttling point for data. Having a regular browser-provided loading indicator (which can actually be intelligent and use things like the Content-Length header) is definitely preferable to some in-page JS (see above) spinner that gives zero indication of what % is loaded, or if it's hung, or whatever. I am convinced at this point that SPA's basically exist to be 'portfolio' sites for front-end developers, the way designers would (maybe still do) create their own take on a popular app/website/etc and publish it, to show off what they're capable of.