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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by Pxtl on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:34PM (#24056011)
Users say they want this, but then people get upset when list filters don't automatically update the listing when you click them, or when you have a set of drilldown cascaded dropdown and the first doesn't automatically filter the second, or when inapplicable widgets are visible that should be hidden when inapplicable.
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Re:In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds... by Filligree on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @09:39PM (#24056443)
Okay, but why does that require a supercomputer to do with acceptable latency?

We had UIs of that complexity on DOS, and they were far more responsive. Modern eye candy has its cost, yes, but that doesn't explain most of the difference.

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