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A few reasons: 1. Because about 90% of web users were on awful Microsoft browsers which was extremely slow at processing JavaScript, and made a very bad job of
by blowski 14y ago
A few reasons:
1. Because about 90% of web users were on awful Microsoft browsers which was extremely slow at processing JavaScript, and made a very bad job of rendering CSS. Now, 80-90% of users are on a modern browser.
2. Google's methods of indexing and scoring content changed - it now parses JavaScript, gives value to speedy pages, is good at detecting keyword stuffing, etc.
3. Always-on internet is now pretty much a given, even on phones.
4. There are more developers, trying more things, sharing more experience.
5. Tools. In 2006, we had Drupal, Wordpress, Plone, and a few other odds and ends. These days, we have Varnish, nginx, Jekyll, CloudFront, MongoDB, etc. There are a lot more options, without having to spend a fortune or build everything yourself.
- ams6110 14y agoMicrosoft browsers were the first ones that could do AJAX.
- dgabriel 14y agoIndeed. The first AJAX development I did in the early/mid-2000s was IE-only because the other browsers didn't have the correct support.
- blowski 14y agoYeah, this wasn't Microsoft bashing. Just pointing out that, for whatever reason, the state of browsers during that period limited what could be done with static HTML and AJAX.