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Yes I know it's parody, but I don't really understand how it is web developers' fault that browsers aren't as powerful as native applications. Web is old, hapha
by tekkk 6y ago
Yes I know it's parody, but I don't really understand how it is web developers' fault that browsers aren't as powerful as native applications. Web is old, haphazardly planned standard for which nobody really had any idea where it was going. So there's a reason why it's all so cluttered and I still have to check my website in various devices and browsers before deploying it to my users. If using advanced tools like SPA frameworks is the only way to retain my sanity, I'm going to use them. (And yes the author also parodied the churn of web technologies, not going to deny that)
Perhaps there should be a fast alternative to the current web, where the biggest goal is to serve pages with lighting speed. It could be architected from ground up to come with built-in SPA support, that would load the pages in chunks while offering a smooth browsing experience. It could automatically adjust to the device and the network speed of the user, and have all the legacy cruft of the old web removed. So basically like AMP, but without Google's greedy fingers.
Yet the chances of that happening is probably zero, as where's the money in that. A secondary web just for power-users? Hmm, yeah let's see whose going to allocate resources maintaining that.