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Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 55 points 8 months ago

My simple home page is 10 KB now. And you might not think that's such a big deal, but it has more content than Google's search page and that rings in at a couple MB IIRC. 😁

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

On the contrary! I absolutely loathe how bloated webpages have become over the last few decades, so it's very refreshing and laudable to see a webpage that tries to keep itself as small as possible.

[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

How do I measure how much data my page loads? Now I'm curious

[-] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago

Press F12 to open the Debugger.
Click the "Network" tab
Press Ctrl+F5 to reaload the whole page (including previously cached files)
under the list of transfered files in the greyish bar above the debug console (if enabled...) you see the total number of requests the site made and the total filesize that has been transfered; lower is better.

Picture: https://superuser.com/a/1718133

[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you for the detailed answer!

[-] iegod@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

If you can't answer this question you're doing it wrong. It should be as simple as "how large are the files in my web hosting folder". All this fucking tech stack bloat is so unnecessary.

[-] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

In the developer tools in the Network tab. FF sums it up at the bottom of the list when you reload (e.g. for this page "24 requests, 4.74 MB transferred"). Chrome must have something similar. Be sure to check "Disable cache" in the devtools.

[-] toikpi@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Chrome reports the memory a tab uses if you hover over the tab. Look at the task manager within your browser. Try clicking on the burger bar, then "More tools" and "Task Manager" within the browser.

[-] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

Oh, I didn't know I could do this in DevTools! I figured I would need some other tool

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