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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Replying to @simonw
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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Replying to @simonw
Does mobile-first benefit from JavaScript frameworks / SPAs, or is it hurt by them?
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Replying to @wilsonminer
@wilsonminer@simonw this is a misnomer—not all bytes are created equal: JS loads differently and has more performance impact than images.3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@zachleat@wilsonminer true, JS is more likely to block page rendering + there's additional burden (esp. on mobile) of parsing/executing it1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : none of these SPAs cache aggressively enough today. They could adopt SW though; near-instant starts1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@simonw@zachleat@wilsonminer : in fact, in our work w/ partners so far, SPAs are often easiest to take to offline-first architecture2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
@simonw @zachleat @wilsonminer : it's heartbreaking to see sites like Medium that *do* have SPA arch leave all this latency on the table
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