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Are there actually font blockers like ad blockers? That would solve the problem pretty easily for everybody who's annoyed. Although they probably won't be available for mobile browsers, where it's the most painful.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Per-site-switches#no-...
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"Let's click on this link... ah, not that link, let's go back. Yes, this link... NO! STOP MOVING!" This is my #1 complaint about reddit. Not due to fonts; but rather when I load reddit on my phone, a "get the reddit app" banner appears... timed perfectly so that my attempt to view my messages sends me off to the app store.
Heck, this is my #1 complaint of almost anything on a mobile browser. It's easily the worst offender when it comes to mobile in general; I wish browser vendors put a bigger focus on fixing this, somehow.
Are there actually font blockers like ad blockers? That would solve the problem pretty easily for everybody who's annoyed. Although they probably won't be available for mobile browsers, where it's the most painful.
about:config search for webfonts.enabled. change to false. alternatively, install noscript extension to have a UI with whitelist. if you are not using Firefox, then i have no sympaty. wait until google cares about you.
A 1.2 MB blog post complaining about bloat.
You do realize sometimes it's okay to have a page larger than, say, 50kb. Right? The gifs were a great way to show the exact issues she was discussing and they take up the bulk of that space. So why is that a bad thing in any way? Yes web pages should, ideally , be small but that doesn't mean the media they show to the user has to be small as well.
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=30244
If you don't want to run it on your computer, you can watch recording from youtube.
A 1.2 MB blog post complaining about bloat.
Are there actually font blockers like ad blockers? That would solve the problem pretty easily for everybody who's annoyed. Although they probably won't be available for mobile browsers, where it's the most painful.
I have had the exact experience in the last month. Being on a slow connection, I've come to loath web fonts. There is nothing wrong with them in general but it's just that they've come to symbolise over-indulgence and a myopia towards the users actual task-focused needs as opposed to aesthetics. Part of the issue is dealing with progressive enhancement as far as slow internet connections go. How do you solve that pro…
A fast connection can be faster than the site's capacity to serve resources to you. See also HN hug of death, etc.
I would like to think that the defer attribute is already conditional, since it's almost instant on sufficiently fast connections.
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You do realize sometimes it's okay to have a page larger than, say, 50kb. Right? The gifs were a great way to show the exact issues she was discussing and they take up the bulk of that space. So why is that a bad thing in any way? Yes web pages should, ideally , be small but that doesn't mean the media they show to the user has to be small as well.
>You do realize sometimes it's okay to have a page larger than, say, 50kb. Right? 50KB isn't anywhere near 1.2MB. Did you mean 500KB? The blog post specifically mentioned an experience on a 2g connection, and the bloat associated with webfonts. Webfonts seem to typically be in the 50KB - 150KB range. I just find it ironic to complain about bloat from one type of artifact, in a blog post that uses even larger artifact…
A 1.2 MB blog post complaining about bloat.
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As much as I believe font matters, I really think people should just use system fonts in general. No content is definitely more annoying than ugly content, but I have a seething hatred for webpages who jump around as content loads. "Let's click on this link... ah, not that link, let's go back. Yes, this link... NO! STOP MOVING!" Besides, I'm used to my fonts. I know your fonts are a deliberate design choice, but I'm…
"Let's click on this link... ah, not that link, let's go back. Yes, this link... NO! STOP MOVING!" This is my #1 complaint about reddit. Not due to fonts; but rather when I load reddit on my phone, a "get the reddit app" banner appears... timed perfectly so that my attempt to view my messages sends me off to the app store.