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This is a bit of a linkbait. There are maybe two lines on how the new "picture" element makes the web faster. The rest is the story of how the "picture" elemen
by Illniyar 12y ago
This is a bit of a linkbait. There are maybe two lines on how the new "picture" element makes the web faster.
The rest is the story of how the "picture" element came to be, which is a very interesting story but has nothing to do with how it'll make the web faster.
- bambax 12y agoAnd, ironically, ArsTechnica isn't responsive and uses stock images that contribute nothing to the article (blurry hands on a laptop keyboard!)
- Tepix 12y agoAgreed. Quite annoying. The top rated comment post here was just 5 lines or so and told me more than 4 pages of that click bait article.
- Natsu 12y agoI used to love Ars, but they've started this kind of nonsense and I no longer bother to read them :/
- glitchdout 12y agoWhat do you read nowadays?
- Natsu 12y agoHN. Even when it publishes stuff from Ars or wherever, I often skip the article and just read the comments here because they're much more insightful and if there's anything good, the commentators here know better. The demand at news sites that they keep churning out news no matter what is what lowers their quality. Sometimes there just isn't anything worthwhile to read at the moment about a topic.
- manojlds 12y agoHow is it ironic? Article claims a new element to improve things. They can say that they are not responsive because such improvements are needed and they were waiting for it.
- bambax 12y agoIt is ironic because the article claims images slow the web; before extending HTML with special elements and DSLs it would seem a simpler step to get rid of useless and meaningless stock images.
- usrusr 12y agoYou are not thinking far enough: some of those stock images could easily benefit from a unified CDN. And why stop there, a number of "office girl on phone" might even be included in the browser distribution. Now _that_ would be an html tag to speed up the web!
- bambax 12y agoYou're right; although it may slow down the installation of a new browser... ;-)
- nostrademons 12y agoI'm wondering how factually accurate the story is, considering that it says "Apple's Tab Atkins" while both Tab Atkin's homepage and Google+ profile say he works at Google.
- deckar01 12y agoIt's not just about webpages loading faster, it's about making the web standards development process faster.
- coldtea 12y agoPerhaps because "how the web will be made faster" by the new element is obvious: by downloding less and more targeted image content. What's more to explain? It's the rest of the story that needs to be told.