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While the initial chart is telling, I find the subsequent analysis disappointing. * It's not all about raw data amounts. Sure, images are the biggest share of
by gravedave 13y ago
While the initial chart is telling, I find the subsequent analysis disappointing.
* It's not all about raw data amounts. Sure, images are the biggest share of traffic, but their size "only" doubled in the last 3y (according to my eyeing the article's chart).
* On the other hand, scripts seem to have tripled or quadrupled in size.
* The "Other" content also looks significant enough to warrant a deeper look, since it currently seems to be bigger than Flash, HTML and CSS combined, and has also grown most significantly. What's this "Other" content, and in what amounts? Web fonts? XML? JSON?
* The pie chart under #2 of the article is horrible.
* How do CDNs and caching factor into all this? How much of the shown amounts must really be downloaded every time?