I think I kind of hate lazy loading
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I think I kind of hate lazy loading
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Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#2It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem.
It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#3It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
Europe has the benefit of having had a lot of roads created by the Romans. Infrastructure takes time.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#4It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
Adding physical networking infrastructure to all the trains and everything else is a much bigger job than adding a setting to a browser that lets the user opt out of lazy loading.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#5It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
As a software developer I have very little control over rail infrastructure. However I have almost total control over the HTML attributes I emit.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#6It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
Right, because it's expensive and difficult and would make the train cost more.
You could have truly wireless electricity power your phone and never have to recharge. You just need to invest in more infrastructure.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#7Lazy loading breaks a lot of functionality.
For example, I open a webpage and then go offline. Later, I scroll down, but the content is missing.
Another time, I open a webpage and save it. But most of the content is not saved, because it has not been loaded.
The network activity is actually higher for a page with lazy-loading elements.
All-around, it does not make any sense to me, personally.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#8It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
It is the web developers choice to decide whether or not to deal with bad/poor internet connections. Most do not.
Lazy loading makes it impossible to do anything to manage a poor connection.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#9It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
It is the web developers choice to decide whether or not to deal with bad/poor internet connections. Most do not. Lazy loading makes it impossible to do anything to manage a poor connection.
Seems hard not to these days, especially with service workers which can cache resources for offline use.
Re: I think I kind of hate lazy loading
#10It's curious that some folks hate the side effects of insufficient infrastructure while missing that the lack of modern infrastructure is the root problem. It is entirely possible to get a cell signal on a train, even in tunnels. We as a society just choose not to build out the necessary infrastructure.
Ah, it's the users who are wrong!
In all seriousness, as engineers we of course can't assume the happy path is common, and to ensure good UX more often than not we need to account for these cases.