The author glosses over this a bit, but designing for latency and unreliability is important for good UX too. It's not just about keeping things small, it's abo

The author glosses over this a bit, but designing for latency and unreliability is important for good UX too. It's not just about keeping things small, it's about making sure the UI is usable in the face of high latency connections, and tolerant of intermittent failure. I can't count the number of times I've had an app shit the bed as I'm leaving my apartment and my phone switches from wi-fi to cell.