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Re:What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit by SquareWheel on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @10:25AM (#16106771)
>Not really, not if you think about it. Webmail doesn't need anything more than html(<5)+css.

Because redownloading the entire page every time you click a button is such a great experience...

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Re:What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit by freeone3000 on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @11:12AM (#16107176)
The page without the javascript? It likely would be, since that would be much smaller.
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Re:What Spectre and Meltdown Mean for WebKit by SquareWheel on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @11:42AM (#16107437)
That Javascript would already be cached and have no impact on further page loads.

Clicking "star" and losing your half-typed message would be very impactful, though.

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