Re:How and why we removed jQuery from Gov.uk
by wonderbore on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:27PM
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Feels like you:
1. Didn't read the article (they dropped 13% of the entire page weight). The websites are already well below of "today’s average"
2. Don't understand the impact of having a page that loads instantly at the government level. These websites are not for fun, they must work well for everyone.
> the change for users on a low bandwidth connection or lower specification device will be much more noticeable, resulting in significantly improved page download speed and performance.
1. Didn't read the article (they dropped 13% of the entire page weight). The websites are already well below of "today’s average"
2. Don't understand the impact of having a page that loads instantly at the government level. These websites are not for fun, they must work well for everyone.
> the change for users on a low bandwidth connection or lower specification device will be much more noticeable, resulting in significantly improved page download speed and performance.