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> go to GitHub and navigate through the file tree. On my machine, this feels significantly snappier than the the rest of GitHub. Coincidentally, it's also one o
by flexagoon 3y ago
> go to GitHub and navigate through the file tree. On my machine, this feels significantly snappier than the the rest of GitHub. Coincidentally, it's also one of the only parts that is not rendered statically
And it's also the only part of it that doesn't work on slow connections.
I've had a slow internet connection for the past week, and GitHub file tree literally doesn't work if you click on it on the website, because it tries to load it through some scripts and fails.
However, if, instead of clicking on a file, I copy it's url and paste it into the browser url bar, it loads properly.
- SebastianKra 3y agoWow, you're right. I just reproduced that by throttling the network. But actually, that first click from the overview is still an HTML page. Once you're in the master-detail view, it works fast even when throttled.
- rarafael 3y agoI have a connection that might be considered slow by most HN readers (1~2MB/s) and the new github file viewer has been a blessing. So snappy compared to everything else