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Are graphic designers ruining the web? (source: .net magazine)
First it was IE, then WebKit. Now they're coming after you.
"Sites are becoming more attractive and, in some cases, more user-friendly, but at a cost: page weight and complexity. Developers and designers debate who's to blame."
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Couldn't agree more. there has to be a balance between logic and design and it seems things are shifting towards design.
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The increase in bloat is mainly coming from javascript, not graphics
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ed welch wrote: mainly coming from javascript
Not true, most js frameworks are small and compressed.
"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain
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Yes, it is true.
Take Reuters.com for instance:
total javascript = 414 KB
total image = 264 KB
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Is their javascript transmitted uncompressed?? 414k gzipped is probably ~80k over the wire, so somewhat smaller than the images. Still a lot though.
-- Ian
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Not to mention the majority of JavaScript can be downloaded once and used on multiple pages.
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
Not to mention the majority of JavaScript can be downloaded once and used on multiple pages.
Maybe jquery, but not the rest. Um, you could even look at the page I mention and see for yourself, rather than making false assumptions. Look at http://www.webpagetest.org/[^]
while your at it and see how having dozens of javascripts slows down the page loading
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I just looked at the page using the FireBug Net panel. I sorted the JavaScript from largest to smallest. Here are the largest JavaScript files:
- Facebook Widgets
- jQuery
- Twitter Widget
- Google Analytics
- yahoo-dom-event.js
Those are all third-party reusable libraries, and they are the bulk of the JavaScript. The majority of the other files appear to either be for reusable widgets (e.g., ticker, navigation, stocks) or mini libraries (e.g., geolocation, connection, cookie handling, animation, events, dom manipulation) that can be shared across pages.
Yes, I did make assumptions, but yes, they were correct.
By the way, merely having that many JavaScript files can slow down page load time, regardless of their file size, as browsers tend to download JavaScript files before downloading other files, and the latency alone increases the download time (browsers usually only allow about 5 concurrent downloads from a single domain). The solution to this is to host JavaScript files on a CDN with multiple domains to download from. This reduces the latency and allows the browser to download many of the JavaScript files simultaneously.
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
having that many JavaScript files can slow down page load time, regardless of their file size, as browsers tend to download JavaScript files before downloading other files
Yes, exactly. Therefore, you have to agree that the graphic designer isn't the only one responsible for the bloat
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How to crash other WP7 applications... (source: Niko Vrdoljak)
...and how not to crash WP7 apps.
"Do you know what is easiest way to crash someone’s WP7 application? Just quickly double-tap its “Rate my app” link. Here's what happens and how to fix it."
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How different is Obj-C from C++? (source: The Ideal Lab)
Here are the major differences between C++ and Objective-C.
"Wondering how much you'd have to relearn when moving from C++ to Objective-C? Here are 18 key differences you'll have to understand."
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What is the chance of anyone having to move from C++ to Obj-C unless they are moving onto iOS specific development? Considering the fact that generic applications written in C++ can be ported to Mac.
Regards 
N. Sharjith
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If you want to access OSX/iOS APIs then you have to use obj-c
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You'll need Objective-C for both Cocoa (Mac) and Cocoa Touch (iOS). Though you are right that C++ code can be compiled to run on Mac in many instances. But for native Mac/iOS programming most of it is done in Obj-C these days.
See also Xcode, GCC, and Homebrew[^] for some new ways to code without relying so heavily on Xcode.
Director of Content Development, The Code Project
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Thanks for the clarification!
Regards
N. Sharjith
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Must-have Tools for Developers on Windows (source: DZone)
Beware of programmers that carry screwdrivers.
"Every dev has his favourite list of tools, applications and OS which they believe are indispensible and without them they would not be able to develop anything. Here’s my list."
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Forgetting the Operating System (source: ONE37)
Unified alerts: novelty, annoyance or a sign of an OS-less future?
"It's no longer about OS X or iOS, but about the user's interactions, the seamless experience, and the forthcoming marginalization of the operating system."
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Ubuntu in your pocket (source: Mark Shuttleworth)
This isn’t just a desktop in your pocket, it’s a media centre too.
"Carry just the phone, and connect it to any monitor to get a full Ubuntu desktop with all the native apps you want, running on the same device at the same time as Android."
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Please Steal These webOS Features (source: ignore the code)
There are a number of things the TouchPad does that make it more suitable for work.
"Now that it is becoming increasingly obvious that HP won’t do anything useful with webOS, it’s time to start stealing1 the things it does well. Here are some of these things."
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Microsoft Office for iPad: Separating fact from fiction (source: ZDNet)
Microsoft believes it has a ‘great tablet experience with Office'... but which tablet?
"The folks that brought us last year’s rumor that Microsoft planned to deliver Office for the iPad in 2012 are back with an update. Is it any more likely this time around?"
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Using the language you want (in Windows 8) (source: Building Windows 8)
Colourful language on your computer.
"With Windows 8, we’ve changed how we think about languages and have made it a priority for you to be able to work in any language you want, from any Windows 8 PC."
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Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings in Safari and IE (source: IEBlog)
We know where you browsed last summer.
"Google bypassed user privacy settings on Safari and IE to track users with cookies. We detail what we’ve discovered and offer recommendations to IE users on how to protect their privacy."
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Don't cheat with the user interface (source: Jimmy Nilsson)
The user interface has always been important, but has often been treated as the poor relation.
"The success of an application largely depends on the user experience. But it doesn't happen by itself that the UI code becomes good. In fact, it's often the opposite."
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