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Why Browsers Get Built

Alex Russell

Examples include Internet Explorer 3-6 as well as Safari on Mac OS X and the first iPhone. Examples include IE 7+ and Safari from 2010-onward. native, OS-specific) platform and the hopefully weaker web platform. It's the simplest way to keep web developers from getting uppity without leaving fingerprints.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2024

Alex Russell

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. Many critiques are possible, both of the target (five seconds for first load), the sample population (worldwide internet users), and of the methodology (informed reckons).