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    1. A quick look at reddit load times on my (crappy) home internet connection.

      I decided to take a second look at the reddit redesign out of curiosity, and the lack of responsiveness was jarring. I found myself waiting several seconds just for a click to properly register....

      I decided to take a second look at the reddit redesign out of curiosity, and the lack of responsiveness was jarring. I found myself waiting several seconds just for a click to properly register. So I decided to take a look at the actual numbers for a bit of fun. Here are the results as reported by the Firefox network tab:

      Redesign

      13.88 MB / 7.23 MB transferred
      Finish: 57.46 s
      DOMContentLoaded: 1.92 s
      load: 25.67 s
      

      Old

      1.91 MB / 631.45 KB transferred
      Finish: 1.06 min
      DOMContentLoaded: 3.23 s
      load: 3.97 s
      

      And just for the sake of comparison:

      ~

      358.34 KB / 110.39 KB transferred
      Finish: 1.48 s
      DOMContentLoaded: 1.34 s
      load: 1.51 s
      
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