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Of course, the goal should be to eliminate all sources of slowdown from one's web page. I especially hate seeing progress indicators for things that "used to"
by makecheck 17y ago
Of course, the goal should be to eliminate all sources of slowdown from one's web page.
I especially hate seeing progress indicators for things that "used to" be fast, if only they weren't ajaxified. The classic case being the pop-up image browsers, because it's so much more fun to watch a spinning icon than to actually see my images instantly.
- joshuarr 17y agoIf you're loading an image that's 100k+ you want a preloader on there so people know what's going on. It's not going to magically appear instantly because you've compressed the image to shit and removed the preloader.
- makecheck 17y agoI specifically mentioned images that really were displaying instantly, prior to fancy UI. In other words, the page did not require the fancy UI, but one was added because someone thought it would be cool. And the result was a less optimal experience. Web site maintainers should be keenly interested in what their visitors think. But apparently, honesty only loses me points.
- kaffeinecoma 17y agoI managed to "fool" myself that my own app was faster by adding a snappier animated gif. Perception really is everything. http://garmhold.blogspot.com/2009/09/make-your-ajax-apps-seem-snappier-with.html http://garmhold.blogspot.com/2009/09/make-your-ajax-apps-see...