I think a lot of webapps undervalue low latency. I remember when Microsoft was talking about Surface research once and said that most people could start to notice latency >20ms.
I think talking about the modern web in milliseconds doesn’t represent the way it really is. Based on my experience everything is measured in seconds and UIs are awful compared to what we had 10-20 years ago.
It’s like the old green screens that adept users could outperform, but with better graphics and no buffer/command queue.
Sure, but the point is that the physical light speed delay is a tiny fraction of the typical latency problems on the Internet. It’s a rare web application that is so well-optimized that shrinking the physical wire will make a significant improvement.
I think talking about the modern web in milliseconds doesn’t represent the way it really is. Based on my experience everything is measured in seconds and UIs are awful compared to what we had 10-20 years ago.
It’s like the old green screens that adept users could outperform, but with better graphics and no buffer/command queue.