> it all started with the desire to eliminate blank screens in between pages and reduce payload sizes
That isn't even a thing anymore, except in SPA's or Internet Explorer; Chrome (seems to?) wait until some content is loaded before it switches to the clicked page, there is no blank screen.
Payload sizes is not really a problem either given that content is not that much data. Images and media take up the brunt of bandwidth; the payload size is not the issue.
That isn't even a thing anymore, except in SPA's or Internet Explorer; Chrome (seems to?) wait until some content is loaded before it switches to the clicked page, there is no blank screen.
Payload sizes is not really a problem either given that content is not that much data. Images and media take up the brunt of bandwidth; the payload size is not the issue.