: ...back in measurable reality, we need webdevs to not screw the entire web by drowning it in script.
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android has really screwed the pooch here. They say they will fix in 2017 http://benediktmeurer.de/2016/12/16/the-truth-about-traditional-javascript-benchmarks/#comment-3056329996 …
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: you're missing the high-order bit: even if Chrome were 1:1 w/ Geekbench scores, picture would be the same
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: (roughly). Here's why: https://browser.primatelabs.com/v4/cpu/compare/1369643?baseline=474824 … https://browser.primatelabs.com/v4/cpu/compare/1368580?baseline=474824 …
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: most of the world's single-core perf is a fraction that of an iPhone. Building to rich-person devices is not wise.
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Replying to @slightlylate @codinghorror
: so maybe you can blame Android for lots of things, but not this. Cheaper devices are (much) slower; film at 11.
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Replying to @slightlylate @codinghorror
: that Moto G4 is a $200 device, btw. Still too beefy compared to what the next billion users (mostly) carry.
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: but it's 6x slower in single core perf. Betting everything on script will be a fool's move no matter what.
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: but we need to back up even further: why so much script in the first place?
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: argument is usually "platform needed to be augmented". True! More true in Safari than elsewhere, tho.
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: so success means finding approaches that let you trade script for capabilities *only when that's necessary*
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xnoɹǝʃ uɐıɹq Retweeted Dominic Tarr
https://twitter.com/dominictarr/status/629992939738005504 … (Or, you know, blame the hardware. Either way.)
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