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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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
Without the sites being JS heavy shouldn't everything be fast enough already?
Does this mean it will be slow as molasses on JavaScript-heavy sites?
Browsers are fast, but the content they render is very slow.
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.
Are you rendering the JavaScript on those pages? What's your in-domain delay?
There's plenty of slow JavaScript-only pages out there ...
Please view the source of this HN page. It has hundreds of elements and images, and renders instantly.
Why do you think slow web apps are slow?