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The latest version of Excel loads faster on my laptop than most websites do. I’ve timed this. I can load the entire MS Office suite and open a Visual Studio 20
by jiggawatts 3y ago
The latest version of Excel loads faster on my laptop than most websites do. I’ve timed this.
I can load the entire MS Office suite and open a Visual Studio 2022 project in less time then it takes to open a blank Jira web form.
What’s your point?
- jodrellblank 3y agoMy point is to reply to "State your case that bloat is good" with a famous blog stating a case that bloat is good. Bloat makes the company more money by allowing them to develop and ship faster, bloat makes the company more money by being able to offer more features to more customers (including the advertisers and marketers and etc. side of things), and - well, read the article. I, too, dislike slow websites and web apps, but I don't think they are some mystery - natural selection isn't selecting for idiot developers, market selection is selecting for tickbox features and with first-mover-advantage they are selecting against "fast but not available for another year and has fewer features and cost more to develop".
- skydhash 3y agoDue to prevalence of native apps in the macOS world, the difference are often stark. I use Things and Bear, and it’s fast, then try to load gmail (dump account, so it’s not in Mail) and it’s so slow. Youtube too. Fastmail, in comparison, loads like it’s on localhost. You block JavaScript and the amount of sites that is broken is ridiculous, some you would not expect (websites, not fullblown interactive apps).