HTML5 App on a Floppy Disk

Re:HTML5 App on a Floppy Disk by dvt on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @05:24PM (#5677059)

3g is virtually ubiquitous. And building an app having weird contingencies in mind (atrocious wifi connections, 5 billion people downloading simultaneously, downloading from outer space, etc.) is not good engineering. Unless you like spending time in development hell.

"Oh no, our application can't be simultaneously downloaded by 3 million martians because our client is too big." I'm being facetious, of course, but I think the point applies. Don't build stuff with weird contingencies in mind. The average user (of an HTML5 app) will not have to worry about processing power, bandwidth, or client size. As long as it's not like 20mb or something stupid.

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Re:HTML5 App on a Floppy Disk by ricardobeat on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @06:10PM (#5677293)

It is well known that lower response times increase conversions and reduce abandonment on any website. There is absolutely no reason for a website to cross the 1-2mb threshold unless it's a huge web application, a game or image-based app, or is serving you hi-res photos.

And, obviously, websites are accessed from all kinds of connections. Not everyone has a generous 3G plan, and even the US doesn't rank that well in average broadband speeds.

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Re:HTML5 App on a Floppy Disk by Millennium on Thursday May 09, 2013 @05:07AM (#5679449)

One third of the US audience is not a "weird contingency"; it's basic awareness. Developing only for the highest of the high end is not good engineering. Get your head out of the cloud.

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Re:HTML5 App on a Floppy Disk by discreteevent on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @05:54PM (#5677206)

I'm reading your comment on an intermittent 2.5 g connection.

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Re:HTML5 App on a Floppy Disk by mikeash on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @06:12PM (#5677299)

3G isn't nearly fast enough to make megabytes irrelevant.

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