Non-text sites of old weren't as slow as the current ones. Progressive rendering and not bringing in a MB of JavaScript and fonts and other shit is what makes i

Non-text sites of old weren't as slow as the current ones. Progressive rendering and not bringing in a MB of JavaScript and fonts and other shit is what makes it fast. HN could easily add images and still stay fast. That this is even a question is just sad. It means the slow web is just accepted. Most web pages aren't particularly more functional than they were 15 years ago. Sure, maybe search boxes have auto-complete. But taking a screenshot to compare output? You could achieve much the same stuff, pixel-per-pixel, back with table-based layout. Yet even though we're running machines over 10x more powerful, things are laggy. It's embarrassing, annoying, and dumb.