Re:Ask HN: What are you doing that your site is so subjectiv...
by Safety1stClyde on Sunday April 30, 2017 @01:53AM
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Perhaps they had a very novel idea: let's not send the user an empty page which then makes a request for several dozen javascripts from all over the internet and then loads the page content via javascript which then loads a framework which loads the page via running more javascript through a javascript template, but instead just sending the page without the added nineteen layers of unnecessary javascript.
Re:Ask HN: What are you doing that your site is so subjectiv...
by samtoday on Sunday April 30, 2017 @02:36AM
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I'm not sure who you're talking to, or what kind of sites you are talking about; but I think my site is pretty fast loading: https://learntemail.sam.today/
One "trick" that I've found helps to add place-holder gradients for images. So if you have a background image, add a linear-gradient or something as well. That means that there isn't such a jarring transition between the gradient and the image.
But really - keep the JS to the minimum and you'll be good. Also try and avoid using a large CSS "framework" - as that can easily add more bloat. If you start from scratch and only add what you need - keeping it very lean.
One "trick" that I've found helps to add place-holder gradients for images. So if you have a background image, add a linear-gradient or something as well. That means that there isn't such a jarring transition between the gradient and the image.
But really - keep the JS to the minimum and you'll be good. Also try and avoid using a large CSS "framework" - as that can easily add more bloat. If you start from scratch and only add what you need - keeping it very lean.