Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype

Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by tyingq on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:13PM (#19088670)

I wonder if they ran it against Google properities first. I imagine Gmail wouldn't fare well.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by tyingq on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:49PM (#19090214)

Following up my own comment...looks like current Gmail will have trouble. Loaded in chrome with mobile set to "Pixel 2", and there's one js file that not only blows the per-script max size, but blows the whole "Total Script Budget" by itself, not including the other 78 js files gmail wants to download. Stopped looking there.

(Per-script max size: 50KiB, Total script budget: 500KiB)

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by xiphias2 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:59PM (#19089171)

These settings look like something that's great for mobile phones. On mobile there's native GMail app, so this isn't a problem.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by sjjshzvuiajhz on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:06PM (#19089829)

I don’t think so - the owner of this issue is the tech lead of Progressive Web Apps at Google according to his LinkedIn. He probably envisions a future where GMail can run as a web app on a mobile phone with zero lag. Combined with previous additions to web APIs such as notifications, GMail the web app can be at parity with GMail the native app.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by xiphias2 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:50PM (#19090223)

That's cool, I have nothing against improving the experience of any site :)

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by josteink on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:18PM (#19089367)

But I prefer webpages over apps. Especially on mobile.

The apps frensy was over years ago. Nobody wants an app anymore.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by criddell on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:31PM (#19089478)

For anything I use regularly, I'll choose a native app over a web site or web app every time because they typically consume less battery, cpu, memory, and bandwidth. They are usually also faster and a well written app is always going to feel better than one running in a web browser.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by grandmczeb on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:27PM (#19089441)

> Nobody wants an app anymore.

News to me. You sure you’re not just projecting your personal preference?

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by josteink on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:17PM (#19089919)

It’s clearly my personal preference, but also my experience that fewer and fewer in my social circles wants “yet another app” when there’s already a website which works fine. Games are the only exception.

And I work with software. None of my colleagues wants to work with or test anything not strictly web-based.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by grandmczeb on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:47PM (#19091287)

> None of my colleagues wants to work with or test anything not strictly web-based.

If that's true, I'd be willing to bet there's some extreme self-selection going on. Which is fine, but I'd be very careful about generalizing your experience outside of your immediate social circle.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by what_ever on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:21PM (#19089401)

> Nobody wants an app anymore.

Citations needed. I, for one, like apps.

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Re:Chrome Never-Slow Mode Prototype by bassman9000 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:49PM (#19091651)

Haven't heard that to anyone in my professional circles and, yes, we all work in software.

Anything worth it is native.

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