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Re:Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018) by recursive on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @02:05PM (#27679532)
I suspect this is a reference to the specific feature infinite/virtual scroll. The DOM nodes are only materialized when you scroll near them. CTRL-F is not able to find text that isn't currently in the DOM. If you scroll it into view, it suddenly starts working.
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Re:Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018) by moritzwarhier on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:04AM (#27686775)
That's a very far stretch from purely the topic "Virtual DOM" though, no matter how few JS knowledge. I hate Infinite Scroll with a passion. FWIW Infinite Scroll can be and is often implemented as a jQuery plugin.
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