Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed

Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by arcanemachiner on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:21AM (#37108495)

Half the reason I keep my mid-range 2018 Android phone as a daily driver, is as a litmus test to see how poorly-optimized a website is.

And this page is a very poor sales pitch in that regard.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by drowsspa on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:41AM (#37108609)

My phone is middle-tier but it is new. This website has probably the worst scrolling performance I've ever seen while using this phone.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by sph on Sunday August 13, 2023 @07:16AM (#37108827)

And the result is total frustration, because everybody else is designing on their M2 Macbook, so everything is frustrating to use.

I have an entry-level iPad from 2018 that crashes on most media-heavy websites, though I also blame Apple because it is obvious that every iOS release uses more and more RAM than the previous one. CPUs don't get slower as they age, but it certainly feels like it!

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by lolinder on Sunday August 13, 2023 @04:30PM (#37114123)

I've got a current-gen Pixel and I get lag on this page. It's bad.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by resonious on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:22AM (#37108502)

Same. Very ironic given how hard they're peddling speed.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by jcalve on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:42AM (#37108617)

I noticed the same, what's going on? Too much complex CSS?

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by starlevel003 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:47AM (#37108646)

It doesn't even smoothly scroll on my desktop.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by eis on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:55AM (#37108698)

Even on my Macbook with Firefox the site has a strange feel when scrolling. It's not exactly struggling but it feels unnatural and slightly off/slow/uneven. Like it's on the edge of struggling. Bit hard to describe. The effect gets worse towards the mid section of the page with the side scrolling logo circles. I removed that section via dev tools which helped with performance. When I have that part of the page in view I get 80-90% CPU usage of one core. But even after removing it I can saturate a core by scrolling around, especially towards the lower part of the page.

It is indeed one of the worst optimized CSS I've seen in a while. Weird for a project that is all about speed.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by pmontra on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:59AM (#37108722)

Yes I came here to write that it scrolls atrociously. If people take the hint that this is how an Astro site performs, oops!

The docs site from the Get Started link scrolls fine.

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by mlok on Sunday August 13, 2023 @07:07AM (#37108778)

Weird, for me it scrolls perfectly smoothly on Brave/iOS Iphone 8. I wonder where the difference lies ? (I intend to use Astro, so I'd better know beforehand)

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by conradludgate on Sunday August 13, 2023 @07:11AM (#37108798)

I noticed the same on Firefox mobile, but Chrome worked better

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Re:Astro: All-in-one web framework designed for speed by Capricorn2481 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:51AM (#37110049)

I have a phone from 2017 and I can't say this scrolls any worse than hackernews does. Certainly no issues on my new phone.

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