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That page loaded instantly on my PC, even though it was served from the other side of the planet. And it actually looked pretty good. So much for the "modern" w
by Ecco 6y ago
That page loaded instantly on my PC, even though it was served from the other side of the planet. And it actually looked pretty good. So much for the "modern" web…
- pantaloony 6y agoWhole page is around 5KB with three requests, one of which is the favicon. Browsers are fast when you just give them (mostly) regular ol’ HTML. The network, rendering nutty CSS with animations and gradients everywhere, rendering SVG, “hero” videos, giant PNGs, putting JavaScript between the browser and rendering HTML—those are slow.