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>Localization didn’t exist, web analytics wasn’t really a thing, browsers didn’t run background tasks. Maybe the question to ask is how much of this is to the
by seniorThrowaway 5y ago
>Localization didn’t exist, web analytics wasn’t really a thing, browsers didn’t run background tasks.
Maybe the question to ask is how much of this is to the benefit of the end user versus building ever more sophisticated adtech.
- dahart 5y agoI think localization & background tasks are more or less 100% to the benefit of the end user. Web analytics was just an example of more functionality that goes unnoticed because it’s not hurting performance. I’d agree analytics is building more adtech, though I feel like that’s a cynical glass-half-empty framing. Analytics have also helped huge numbers of sites to improve UX by understanding how users behave and where they get tripped up.