Re:Mobile CPUs and the Performance Inequality Gap
by BossingAround on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:03PM
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> the slowest part of all here is still fetching the fricking page over the internet.
That may be true, but have you tried browsing the web on an older device? Once the webpage is loaded, I can't say the experience is very nice on my iPad mini 2. Now, granted, that's a 2013 device. All I'm saying is that after all the "network stuff" you mention is done, the device power matters greatly, especially on JS-heavy sites.
Re:Mobile CPUs and the Performance Inequality Gap
by pxtail on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:48PM
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> What is even the hypothesis here? Websites are slow because Android devices are slow?
Hypothesis is: websites are slow because developers are testing them using their high end devices where bad code performance is compensated by higher performance of devices. All of this while real world users are struggling with garbage quality end product.
Lest we remind our web developer friends of the cache hierarchy, the slowest part of all here is still fetching the fricking page over the internet. On this mobile Twitter page alone two spinners are spinning simultaneously.
If, after all the network stuff, you are still taking a second to render in a world where smartphones can play Doom 3 at 60 fps - you are just taking the piss.