I would expect mobile first design to result in significantly lighter pages, since you should need less HTML/CSS/JS to "fill" a small screen
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But the trends are in the opposite direction. Does Retina offset that effect, or do mobile-first pages end up fatter for some reason?
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Most likely answer might be that mobile-first approach is still uncommon enough that it doesn't show up in global httparchive stats
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@slightlylate yeah that thing with 7MB of ad code on@theverge was insane, I still don't understand what it does http://blog.lmorchard.com/2015/07/22/the-verge-web-sucks/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simonw :@KenjiBaheux audited the page and sent results to@TheVerge. They have a lot to fix, but turns out font services are sad-making3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@simonw @KenjiBaheux : but the sheer # of third parties that sites like @TheVerge pull in is a real challenge. They can't all be valuable
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