Is the web getting slower?

Re:Is the web getting slower? by thursday0987 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:08AM (#24420589)

94% is actually a really low number for support.

that means that 6 out of every 100 people can't use it.

Roughly 10 million people visit HN every month.

that means that about 600,000 people can't use it just on HN alone.

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Re:Is the web getting slower? by achairapart on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:18AM (#24420679)

Well, statistics don't work in that linear way. For a start, that 94% is a global percentage that isn't evenly distributed worldwide, let alone on HN...

Anyway in my comment I was actually saying that if you do things right it will work even for that 5%, without any JS. Maybe it wasn't clear enough?

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Re:Is the web getting slower? by earthboundkid on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:46PM (#24423649)

Flip it around: You're fucking up the browsing experience of 9.4 million people for a minor graphical effect that totally destroys scroll behavior and CPU.

Just use CSS. No one will miss the sticky bar if it doesn't show up on their browser.

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