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Big Fat Websites (2021)

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Re: Big Fat Websites (2021)

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I have 1 second to spare. Optimization is good, but shaving milliseconds at all costs always sounded a bit pointless to me, except for real-time audio communication.

Do you have 5 seconds to spare? 10 seconds to spare?

If the content is worth accessing, certainly :)

Re: Big Fat Websites (2021)

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Minimalism is "subtract until it breaks" and this is reaching the breaking point. Of course, we all hate popovers, slow websites etc, we've known this for decades. This website has no identity other than an emoji and the fact that it's purposefully lacking design beyond basic text styling. It looks like 1000 other sites, at a glance I can't tell what this website or article are about. And there are still elements I w…

> It looks like 1000 other sites, at a glance I can't tell what this website or article are about. Yes, you have to actual read it. Oh, the humanity!

"Identity" not content. A strong identity allows the user to tell at a glance if you're on a news site instead of a shopping site, for example.
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