Nowadays, we come across many websites where the pages are too slow. They take a while to load simple content like thumbnails, texts, and pictures. Most of the time, these pages are slow not because of your internet speed, but because of the technology the websites use for serving content
  • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    2 months ago

    I mean, this post makes no valid argument against JavaScript, there’s no benchmarks or anything aside from an opinion.

    I don’t personally like webdev and don’t like to code in JavaScript, but there are good and bad web applications out there, just like any software.

    A single page can send out hundreds or even thousands of API requests just to load, eating up CPU and RAM.

    The author seems to know the real problem, so I don’t know why they’re blaming it on JavaScript.

  • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    Article is correct but kind of low effort. Web slow from too much JS and self serving framework vendors, got it.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      2 months ago

      Most of the web now is like that article.

      AI has a role in turning pages and pages of text into one sentence.

      • columbus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        It took me 3 hours to think and write that article. Maybe you wouldn’t call it AI generated if it was actually AI generated.

        • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          I appreciate you taking time out to write that. I enjoyed reading it, I think what the parent comment was trying to offer as criticism is that it ended sort of abruptly. I was hoping for a couple more paragraphs on either examples of modern sites or platforms that don’t overly rely on js or a way for end users to use these sites loading only the bare minimum js.

          I could just google that information but I was enjoying your point of view. Anyway that’s just my 2 cents

          • columbus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            21·
            2 months ago

            Thanks! You’re right, I should have given some examples like reddit.com is too slow on low end hardware, and how amazon.com loads faster than aliexpress.com for not relying too much on JavaScript. But I thought anyone could ‘sense’ which website has more javascript, but I was wrong.

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I constantly have to switch back and forth between turning javascript on and off to read articles. Those endless popups begging for my email address and google amp are also ruining the experience.