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I remember reading a post by Matz about how he hated to leave Japan because his connection there was so much faster than what he ended up with elsewhere. This
by willarson 19y ago
I remember reading a post by Matz about how he hated to leave Japan because his connection there was so much faster than what he ended up with elsewhere.
This kind of reminds me of the the gas consumption issues though, maybe instead of complaining about slow download speeds, we should also focus on making websites that are not bloated to all hell. I was on a "web 2.0" website a few days ago and each page load was coming with 250-500k of data. Each page! We seriously need to figure out a way to integrate the javascript libraries (prototype, etc) into browsers, or to just stop making everything sparkle just because we can.
- davidw 19y agoOne solution is to host JS libraries in centralized, very highly available places. http://foobar.com/scriptaculous/1.12/foo.js http://foobar.com/scriptaculous/1.12/foo.js So that once a user gets it from any site, it's good for lots of sites. The trick is to find a place to do that hosting...
- far33d 19y agoAnd we should get rid of images too! Everyone should use lynx! The market will drive the technology - not the other way around. If people want sparkle, connections will get faster.
- willarson 19y agoYes, which is how the American car market has worked for the past seventy years, and also the reason why we'll hit the peak oil point in the next -5 to 30 years. But you're right, learning from mistakes is so passe.