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Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

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Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

#31

Post by afavour »

alex_suzuki wrote: post #27
jorisw wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They feel the slowness of the page load

Not on their iPhones operating over 5G or the corporate WiFi.

It's still present. JSON/JS parsing still has a delay. And in either case (as the author states) not everyone is using an iPhone over 5G. Heavy React apps are a miserable experience on low end Android phones, even when the connection is fast. I've seen JS/JSON parsing times in the multiple seconds.

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

#32

Post by __natty__ »

wmanley wrote: post #25

The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application: https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defenc...

Funny enough. I’m opening this on mobile internet connection and it stuck at loading spinner. I don’t know if the problem is with my internet (probably not) or support for mobile so I can’t even read the content.

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

#33

Post by jorisw »

afavour wrote: post #31
alex_suzuki wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not on their iPhones operating over 5G or the corporate WiFi.

It's still present. JSON/JS parsing still has a delay. And in either case (as the author states) not everyone is using an iPhone over 5G. Heavy React apps are a miserable experience on low end Android phones, even when the connection is fast. I've seen JS/JSON parsing times in the multiple seconds.

There's 5 bars 5G and there's one bar 5G anyway... Citing connection types really is completely beside the point.

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

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Post by jrochkind1 »

> this was a regulated monopoly, and if their customer satisfaction dropped below 96% (if I remember correctly) it could result in millions of pounds in fines.

OK, I'm still at the beginning and irrelevant to the article, but as a USA-ian, I am so jealous about that. Unheard of here.

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

#36

Post by pegasus »

wmanley wrote: post #25

The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application: https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defenc...

All I got is a "loading" animation. Gave up after 10 seconds. So, not a counterargument, but a confirmation of the article's thesis.

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

#37

Post by TSiege »

__natty__ wrote: post #32
wmanley wrote: post #25

The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application: https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defenc...

Funny enough. I’m opening this on mobile internet connection and it stuck at loading spinner. I don’t know if the problem is with my internet (probably not) or support for mobile so I can’t even read the content.

it's a sarcasm loader

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

#38

Post by elmigranto »

__natty__ wrote: post #32
wmanley wrote: post #25

The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application: https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defenc...

Funny enough. I’m opening this on mobile internet connection and it stuck at loading spinner. I don’t know if the problem is with my internet (probably not) or support for mobile so I can’t even read the content.

My guess it’s a joke.

Re: Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

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Post by frisia »

__natty__ wrote: post #32
wmanley wrote: post #25

The counterargument: In Defence of the Single Page Application: https://williamkennedy.ninja/javascript/2022/05/03/in-defenc...

Funny enough. I’m opening this on mobile internet connection and it stuck at loading spinner. I don’t know if the problem is with my internet (probably not) or support for mobile so I can’t even read the content.

I think that's the joke :) all other articles load fine instantly, just this one that has a spinner
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