Web Page Load Speeds

The cluster focuses on debates about web page loading performance, especially how JavaScript-heavy sites cause delays compared to static HTML, with users sharing measurements, comparisons, and critiques of various sites.

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Sample Comments

slotrans Sep 30, 2023 View on HN

the main page loads fast but the interactions are slow, like there's some artificial delaythe 500ms estimate above seems about right... it should be much faster. Navigating from one static page to another should be sub-100ms assuming the server is on the same continent

pawelmurias Jun 4, 2023 View on HN

Without the sites being JS heavy shouldn't everything be fast enough already?

gcp Jun 28, 2012 View on HN

Does this mean it will be slow as molasses on JavaScript-heavy sites?

sudosysgen May 3, 2021 View on HN

Browsers are fast, but the content they render is very slow.

pests Oct 20, 2019 View on HN

Looks like it loads almost 300ms faster. Is that the point you're trying to make?

Thanks, we already tried it. Causes page load to go from .02 s to 3-4.

MoOmer Dec 23, 2014 View on HN

Are you rendering the JavaScript on those pages? What's your in-domain delay?

rusk Jul 26, 2018 View on HN

There's plenty of slow JavaScript-only pages out there ...

cousin_it Oct 3, 2019 View on HN

Please view the source of this HN page. It has hundreds of elements and images, and renders instantly.

Banana699 Jul 31, 2022 View on HN

Why do you think slow web apps are slow?