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For the love of God will someone think of the people that don't have fiber internet ?

The carelessness of most web devs is infuriating. Don't you care that a not insignificant portion of potential users / customers will just close your website after waiting a few seconds as nothing happens.

To the author that thinks he's making the world a better place with lines of code (written on his GitHub), then walk the walk and actually make it a better place for everybody.

Thank you.

The irony that tomorrow a technician is coming to install fiber internet to my home is not lost on me.



I'm confused - the code for the landing page is about 690k, with a 760k background image, and the code for the "Play" section is another 333k. Are those the sizes you are thinking of when you mention fiber internet? I've never had fiber internet and the site loaded very well for me. Is there something I missed?


That’s 20x smaller than a modern news website :/


My guess, it's a decade-or-two-old sentiment from when effects like this weren't really doable in JS/CSS and needed animated GIFs.


I'm sympathetic to this way of thinking but I'm not convinced this is a real instance of web bloat. I didn't measure files or anything, but I have a pretty terrible internet connection and didn't experience any discernible latency.

Don't give up the good fight but maybe spare this poor guy and point your righteous indignation at the truly deserving.


You must be fun at parties - I would enjoy your icebreaker on how to not make the world a better place.




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