It's important to separate supporting retina display mobile and desktop devices. Apple's web site uses the load both method to show off the retina display MacBook - which is more likely to have a faster internet connection and is a more powerful machine in general.
- Trevor On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Martijn Hoekstra < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Sending more data to primarily empower mobile devices sounds rather > > counter-intuitive > > > > Amount of data, and *when that data comes in*, are distinct things. One > other change we've got brewing up for the mobile site is to delay loading > of collapsed section content by separating it out to an API request. This > gets you loading the initial page *immediately*, then loads up the rest. > Same amount of data, but the page above the sections is live and visible > and interactive before you load the other stuff. > > -- brion > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
