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I know this is somewhat off topic, but could you talk a little about your browsing habits? I'm curious as a web developer who's never had less than 50 kbit/s an

I know this is somewhat off topic, but could you talk a little about your browsing habits? I'm curious as a web developer who's never had less than 50 kbit/s and that was when I was 6 or 7. I'd like to know which sites you find useful with the speeds you have (Hacker News, Reddit, SSL enabled sites, etc)? On topic, I'd like to say that your I'm sorry for your speed, but it has no relevance for this app at the moment. Developers should push boundaries and try new things, and to cater to your speeds means doing nothing but simple simple stuff IMO. I'd recommend building a mechanism that switches to the mobile site using a ping from the server based on response time for developers out there, and for you to either upgrade if you can, or to switch to mobile views as default (I know chrome can do this while in dev tools, but I haven't tested it while turning the dev tools off). But seriously, I don't want to be a dick or seem agressive... but really? He's trying to do something cool. I'm sorry you can't see stuff like that, but accessibility means sacrifice almost always.

gurkendoktor 14y ago
I'm sorry to rant but this is how bloat happens. HN2 offers no relevant information over the current HN and is almost a hundred times as big. People will probably throw more hardware at it just as you say. I always wonder why people are desperate to ruin their battery life with LTE when I used to surf the web on GPRS not long ago; then I realize how current websites work and I get it.
henrikeh 14y ago
I take your point, it's not fair to say that a demo/example/app-in-development shouldn't be optimized for edge cases - no premature optimization and all that jazz. I'm HenrikEnggaard on Twitter, PM me your email and I'll send my thoughts (I won't do it on Twitter as it's among the worst sites to use. The content is actually for a Work in Progress blog post). Or if you don't think it will mind anyone, I can post it here.

gurkendoktor 14y ago

I'm sorry to rant but this is how bloat happens. HN2 offers no relevant information over the current HN and is almost a hundred times as big. People will probably throw more hardware at it just as you say. I always wonder why people are desperate to ruin their battery life with LTE when I used to surf the web on GPRS not long ago; then I realize how current websites work and I get it.

henrikeh 14y ago

I take your point, it's not fair to say that a demo/example/app-in-development shouldn't be optimized for edge cases - no premature optimization and all that jazz. I'm HenrikEnggaard on Twitter, PM me your email and I'll send my thoughts (I won't do it on Twitter as it's among the worst sites to use. The content is actually for a Work in Progress blog post). Or if you don't think it will mind anyone, I can post it here.