Yes, but that's a government site that's got an explicitly universal audience and is also pretty lightweight already. If you're making a game, say, you may (ma

Yes, but that's a government site that's got an explicitly universal audience and is also pretty lightweight already. If you're making a game, say, you may (may!) not care if Edna can't load it on a 1993 iMac, and you might be loading 40MB of resources, so another 24kB is not your pressing problem. Engineering effort is always in short supply, and it is very expensive. Use it wisely. Sweeping judgements gleaned from very different products may not apply to your case.