Re:Conditional JavaScript: Only download when it is appropriate
by dspillett on Friday December 18, 2020 @07:21AM
(#25466379)
> All you need is 30kb unminified; All I need might be a considerable amount of texture and code to run a 3D game.
This I think is the point. The requirements are different, but to look at many web pages you'd not notice.
Too many resources that could be relatively simple pages with some code to aid user experience, are becoming massive full-blown applications pulling in megabytes of code and supporting assets.
Your game requires that code and those assets by its very nature. The vast majority of web pages/sites do not, and can probably be just as beautiful without (if not more so, as speed and responsiveness is part of aesthetic judgements).
Re:Conditional JavaScript: Only download when it is appropriate
by bamboleo on Friday December 18, 2020 @10:19AM
(#25467886)
To be honest I don’t disagree with you. I really wish content was served raw with an optional interface, but the consumer isn’t willing to pay for that.
This I think is the point. The requirements are different, but to look at many web pages you'd not notice.
Too many resources that could be relatively simple pages with some code to aid user experience, are becoming massive full-blown applications pulling in megabytes of code and supporting assets.
Your game requires that code and those assets by its very nature. The vast majority of web pages/sites do not, and can probably be just as beautiful without (if not more so, as speed and responsiveness is part of aesthetic judgements).