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About enshitification of web dev.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Yep.

On a rare occasion I hit a website that loads just like "boom" and it surprises me.

Why is that? Because now we are used to having to wait for javascript to load, decompress, parse, JIT, transmogrify, rejimble and perform two rinse cycles just to see the opening times for the supermarket.

(And that's after you dismissed the cookie, discount/offer and mailing list nags with obfuscated X buttons and all other manner of dark patterns to keep you engaged)

Sometimes I wish we'd just stopped at gopher :)

See also: https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

EDIT: Yes, this is facetious.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The key idea remains though. Text on a page, fast. No objections with (gasp) colours, if the author would like to add some.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What's the difference between 1 and 2? And 3's colors hurt my eyes, and flimmers while scrolling (though, color weirdness may come from DarkReader)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My usual onlineshop got a redesign (sort of). Now, the site loads the header, then the account and cart icons blink a while and after a few seconds it loads the content.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes, and the old "flash some faded out rectangles" to prepare you for that sweet, sweet, information that's coming any.... moment..... now....

No, now....

Now...

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