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Application that searches the apartments to rent? Not really I would say. not a good example. i can't find it now, but there was a story/comment about a realto
by em-bee 1y ago
Application that searches the apartments to rent? Not really I would say.
not a good example. i can't find it now, but there was a story/comment about a realtor app that people used to sell houses. often when they were out with a potential buyer they had bad internet access and loading new data and pictures for houses was a pain. it wasn't until they switched to using a frontend framework to preload everything with the occasional updates that the app became usable.
low latency affects any interaction with a site. even hackernews is a pain to read over low latency and would improve if new comments where loaded in the background. the problem creeps up on you faster than you think.
- _heimdall 1y agoPrefetching pages doesn't require a frontend framework though. All it takes is a simple script to preload all or specific anchor links on the page, or you could get fancier with a service worker and a site manifest if you want to preload pages that may not be linked on the current page.
- chriswarbo 1y agoIt shouldn't need any scripts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_prefetching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_prefetching It can also be imposed by the client, e.g. via a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator
- _heimdall 1y agoYep, that works as well. I'll reach for a script still if I want more logic around when to prefetch, like only prefetching on link hover or focus. A script is also needed for any links that you need to preload but aren't included on the current page.