I haven't read the article and only started using computers as a kid in the early 90s.
My take on perceptually slower is:
I don't remember computers being slow back then. They were just like they were.
Whereas today, especially since I'm living in Latin America on flaky and slow mobile internet connection and low to mid-range phones, the range of speed of just taking into account websites is massive. From super snappy to barely usable. Which makes me much more conscious about it.
Maybe it is just selective memory, and the difference in my age, but I feel back then, how something will perform was more predictable and consistant from a user perspective.
My take on perceptually slower is:
I don't remember computers being slow back then. They were just like they were.
Whereas today, especially since I'm living in Latin America on flaky and slow mobile internet connection and low to mid-range phones, the range of speed of just taking into account websites is massive. From super snappy to barely usable. Which makes me much more conscious about it.
Maybe it is just selective memory, and the difference in my age, but I feel back then, how something will perform was more predictable and consistant from a user perspective.