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> This isn't 1983. Worrying about bandwidth, memory, and processing power (in user space) is no longer relevant. Except not everyone is running a top of the li
by Keyneston 13y ago
> This isn't 1983. Worrying about bandwidth, memory, and processing power (in user space) is no longer relevant.
Except not everyone is running a top of the line desktop in a first world country. Even in a first world country you have people on older laptops, slower internet, or even metered internet.
Minimizing the size of your app is still a worthy goal. Maybe not to the level pushed in the article.
- dvt 13y ago>Except not everyone is running a top of the line desktop in a first world country. Even in a first world country you have people on older laptops, slower internet, or even metered internet. If you're writing an HTML5 app, I assume your target doesn't comprise of Laptops from 1998 running IE5. > Minimizing the size of your app is still a worthy goal. Maybe not to the level pushed in the article. I agree.
- ajross 13y agoNo, it might simply be a phone from 2009 on a EDGE network with poor signal. Hell, I'm routinely annoyed by slow web apps on my very nice phone from 2012 on LTE...
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago>Laptops from 1998 running IE5 // Nope but laptops from '98 running FF20 (and probably other modern browsers) are a possibility.