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Perhaps not all of the advice applies, but when it comes to images and fonts, I don't think any amount of keeping things handmade is going to outstrip the advic
by vore 5y ago
Perhaps not all of the advice applies, but when it comes to images and fonts, I don't think any amount of keeping things handmade is going to outstrip the advice regarding static caching and loading fewer fonts.
- bachmeier 5y agoThe best advice for images is to delete them. There's a widespread belief that meaningless pictures at the top of a post are critical. Here's the first link that comes up on Medium: https://equinox-launch.medium.com/trade-hard-win-big-dopewarz-has-landed-3240e4705b97 https://equinox-launch.medium.com/trade-hard-win-big-dopewar... The value added of that image at the top is negative. This is, sadly, the rule rather than the exception. Edit: This is an even better example: https://medium.com/general_knowledge/top-10-crypto-gaming-projects-bonus-612249019a5e https://medium.com/general_knowledge/top-10-crypto-gaming-pr... How anyone can look at that image and say "that'd be perfect for the top of my next post" is beyond me.
- notreallyserio 5y agoAt least the Medium gif-every-paragraph plague seems to have ended. Not sure why anyone thought it was necessary.
- Nextgrid 5y agoHeavy images & fonts on an otherwise plain HTML page will still be acceptable as they would be loading in parallel - in most cases the text will come first anyway. I'd rather have a half-loaded page with images/fonts missing than a JS-based page which won't give me anything until the full JS payload is downloaded & executed.