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Re:Under Construction by jaywalk on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:24PM (#28133062)
It appears to be deliberate, since these are just small static files and the rest of the site is still fast. I find it incredibly annoying.
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Re:Under Construction by krapp on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:28PM (#28133102)
It makes the experience more authentic.
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Re:Under Construction by jaywalk on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:04PM (#28134511)
I understand. I just don't like it.
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Re:Under Construction by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:05PM (#28135921)
It may also be that even modern browsers have some trouble loading and rendering 940 animated gifs in parallel, even very small ones. That's probably not a common use case.
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