Great story. > Once all the thumbnails were pulled... it would start downloading full sized images LQIP, Low-Quality Image Placeholder – that was pretty new s

Great story. > Once all the thumbnails were pulled... it would start downloading full sized images LQIP, Low-Quality Image Placeholder – that was pretty new stuff circa 2014. Facebook also popularized fetching a tiny version, and blurring it: https://engineering.fb.com/2015/08/06/android/the-technology-behind-preview-photos/ https://engineering.fb.com/2015/08/06/android/the-technology...