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> How on earth is this possible? I'd put some huge blame on single page applications. Nearly everywhere stuff gets replaced by SPAs to push all layout calculat
by foepys 9y ago
> How on earth is this possible?
I'd put some huge blame on single page applications. Nearly everywhere stuff gets replaced by SPAs to push all layout calculations to the client. This frees up resources on the server side but at the same time everything feels sluggish and takes a long time to load (network- and Javascript-wise).
Reddit is also taking this new approach and as a result is nearly unusable on my phone and takes 3 times a long to load on my desktop.
The layout is becoming mobile first due to everything needing to be "responsive". So the desktop as the minority webbrowsing platform gets to use all the interfaces that are primarily optimized for mobile.
- 9a5351b7-c78e 9y agoThey're doing the SPA wrong.
- rsynnott 9y agoDoes anyone do it right? Gmail used to be a rare example of a non-dreadful SPA app, but I gather the new one is pretty bad (I’m still on the old interface for now). Beyond that, I can’t think of many. The dreadful new Jira is a good example; much, much slower than the old one, less information dense, and more confusing.
- trendia 9y agoLuckily, their CEO has learned the power of public relations trick to use so many words to say so little: > There is always that change aversion. We believe everybody has a home on Reddit. The challenge is finding that home, particularly for new users. Helping them find their home, helping find their community and sense of belonging on Reddit, it’s something we’re not very good at. The redesign is a big effort towards making that better.