schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoModern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBGwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkModern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBGwww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareturkishdelight@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoBrowsing the internet without uBlockbOrigin is bad for your health.
minus-squarekalpol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoRaymond Hill is a hero of our times. Not even kidding.
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago*googles the name* Raymond Earl Hill was an American tenor saxophonist and singer, best known as a member of Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in the 1950s. Well, I mean we all have our own ideas about the world.
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAd blockers don’t protect you against dumbass frontend devs who serve 5mb png files to be stuffed into 600x400 boxes.
minus-squaremods_are_assholes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoNo but the good blockers give you the power to disable elements on a case by case basis. Removing the background image for fandom wiki articles makes them load 3x faster.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoShit, I might use that on a desktop with broadband.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThanks kind stranger, I didn’t realize this was configurable.
minus-squareBlack_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIs 50kb enough or should I go higher. Also. Thanks!
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI have mine at 50kb, and most things load, but I do get some images that don’t. Just play with it and increase it until the frequency you need to tap pictures to render them doesn’t piss you off anymore.
minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI especially hated wallpaper website that load full size pictures on previews grids
Browsing the internet without uBlockbOrigin is bad for your health.
Raymond Hill is a hero of our times. Not even kidding.
*googles the name*
Well, I mean we all have our own ideas about the world.
True, true
Ad blockers don’t protect you against dumbass frontend devs who serve 5mb png files to be stuffed into 600x400 boxes.
No but the good blockers give you the power to disable elements on a case by case basis.
Removing the background image for fandom wiki articles makes them load 3x faster.
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Shit, I might use that on a desktop with broadband.
Thanks kind stranger, I didn’t realize this was configurable.
Is 50kb enough or should I go higher.
Also. Thanks!
I have mine at 50kb, and most things load, but I do get some images that don’t. Just play with it and increase it until the frequency you need to tap pictures to render them doesn’t piss you off anymore.
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I especially hated wallpaper website that load full size pictures on previews grids