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SPAs are like CGI.. you only notice it when it is bad. I can assure you, you use many SPAs that are not slow and clunky, you just don't realize they are SPAs
by buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
SPAs are like CGI.. you only notice it when it is bad. I can assure you, you use many SPAs that are not slow and clunky, you just don't realize they are SPAs
- cblconfederate 6y agoI notice all of them , 100% of the time. Twitter has a fairly good one, but even that s very clunky. I'm not saying they are all slow, but they are clunky, jumpy and unpredictable, which in many ways is worse than a webpage like HN that is 100% consistent, but sometimes times out. Predictability for me is more important than pay-it-later responsiveness. E.g. when i press the Pay button i 'm OK with waiting 20 seconds for the payment to process. What's unacceptable is the button standing still, not doing anything until a few seconds later, at which time i ve pressed it 10 times.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoName three. Because like other commenters that chimed in, I can notice most SPAs, and all SPAs I've used had annoying performance problems. By problems I don't mean a sudden request that takes half a second, but that every UI interaction feels subtly slow. I don't know where people get these performance targets of "below 100ms and users won't notice". I notice. I notice if UI responses take longer than two-three animation frames, the same way I notice when a game is running at 20 FPS and not 60 FPS.
- ccmcarey 6y agoAny of the google office applications, fastmail, both are fantastic SPAs in my opinion.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoFastmail is laggy in places, but mostly OK. But I'm surprised at you choosing Google Office as an example. Google's office suite is a poster child of slow, clunky SPAs.
- cblconfederate 6y agoi gotta agree with sibling, google apps are certainly not fantastic and fall squarely in the clunky category