Browsers are pretty good at loading pages

Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by csande17 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:14PM (#20493108)

I made the video in the article using Chrome's "low-end mobile" throttling preset, which simulates a ~300 kbit connection IIRC. But I saw very similar behavior on my actual phone with an actual 128 kilobit connection in Canada.

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Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by cj on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:17PM (#20493120)

Thanks for the clarification. Do the conclusions hold up when testing with a broadband network connection?

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Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by csande17 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:21PM (#20493135)

As I mention in the article, I'm not really able to tell the difference between old MDN and new MDN on the fast network connection I usually use. They both load pretty much instantly for me.

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Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by saagarjha on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:24PM (#20493155)

I sometimes wonder if website authors actually test their pages on slow connections before declaring that they’ve improved the experience for them…

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Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by spankalee on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:55PM (#20493308)

Do all MDN users have low-latency, high-bandwidth connections?

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Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by hrktb on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:29PM (#20493173)

I’m a bit lost. How would using a broadband connection affect the relative speed between the two versions ?

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Re:Browsers are pretty good at loading pages by cj on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:40PM (#20493233)

For one, latency has a proportionally higher impact on "time to render" at lower connection speeds.

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