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Because that's literally the complaint as given. If the UI had reacted "instantly" it would be more user friendly. Even if the performance of the (non UI) code
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Because that's literally the complaint as given. If the UI had reacted "instantly" it would be more user friendly. Even if the performance of the (non UI) code was slower.
EDIT: Or to put it another way: "perceived performance can be more important than actual performance".
- juliangoldsmith 7y agoResponsiveness is a result of adequate performance. The dropdowns that the article refers to are probably populated by a database, as opposed to being static. It doesn't matter if the dropdown opens instantly, what matters is that the information it contains is available.