We have recently been reviewing the amount of development time spent on projects, and have identified one area where a fair chunk of extra time is spent for relatively little gain: Ensuring that web sites are 100% functional with Javascript disabled. The general concensus on the web is that year on year, the number of people (even those technical in nature that browse w3schools) with javascript disabled is falling – but is this a decent reason to consider removing the true graceful degradation that most front end developers have been obsessed with for the last few years?
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Some simple steps on the “front end” to reduce web page download time
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010A few years ago, page download time was a big focus for most web developers, as the majority of people connected to the internet were accessing through “dial up” connections, which we all remember for their awful connection noises and the horrific download speeds. But with the development of faster internet connections in the developed world, the focus on page load times has been sacrificed for nice looking graphics, chunky javascript libraries and massive CSS files. But there are some quick, simple steps that can be taken to keep all of the improved functionality and look of a web site but reduce the page load time a little.
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