Re:Ask HN: Anyone getting sick of all the 'web apps'?
by cholantesh on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:10PM
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Doesn't that have to do with overengineering more than anything? Most of the Javascript on a modern website is pretty much superfluous I'd say.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone getting sick of all the 'web apps'?
by threatofrain on Thursday October 19, 2017 @01:32PM
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I'd also say that the JS and its burden on CPU, RAM, and battery, is also pretty trivial compared to rich media consuming more than a few MB's off a user's mobile data plan. Many people consider 1 MB to be around the upper guideline for bundle sizes; 2 MB of JS is considered quite big.
But HTML CSS JS cannot compete against rich media, and how badly it drains the user's most finite resource of all -- mobile data. That's what makes an information lookup even on native Yelp costly to the user.