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Lazy loading

• subroutine 9y ago
  Is there a browser check that can be performed so a fallback can be implemented in the case of noscript?
  • acqq 9y ago
    This tag works on all browsers, no nned for a browser check: https://www.techonthenet.com/html/elements/noscript_tag.php https://www.techonthenet.com/html/elements/noscript_tag.php
• deathanatos 9y ago
  They're <10KiB a piece, most of them. If the New Yorker would use the proper format of SVG here (or even PNG — the diagrams are all JPEGs), they would likely compress even better; most of them also include a ton of whitespace either side of the actual image. Testing one of them, the size falls by ~28% if you correct for all this. On mobile, where my connection is less reliable, I also have a strong distaste for lazy loading: it squanders all the time available from when I started reading until now. Then, when the image is finally in view, then we start the long haul of fetching it, and risk that I've again lost good connectivity.
  • NamTaf 9y ago
    Conversely, I like that it doesn't waste my data if I only get 1/2 way through an article and have to close it because I'm out and about and the world around me may interrupt me reading something on my phone.