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Re:Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What h... by timthorn on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:24AM (#36448135)
> Even worse is the new trend of web pages optimizing for page load time

I don't disagree with your example, but optimising for page load time is as old as the graphical Web.

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Re:Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What h... by thesuitonym on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:05PM (#36448780)
Yes, but back in the 90s the dominant idea was load the text as quickly as possible, then all the other junk can come later.
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Re:Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What h... by omoikane on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:14PM (#36448912)
I thought the thing to optimize for is "largest contentful paint", which is one of the weighted factors used by https://pagespeed.web.dev/
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