Comment by duxup
4 years ago
Well we're talking about an HN submission here with a loading icon... there's not a lot of insight here.
I don't know what you mean by middle ground fallacy when "Yes, sure, for some things SPAs are appropriate." is pretty much what I'm saying too.
I don't buy into your numbers if only because I have zero clue where they come from.
> I don't know what you mean by middle ground fallacy when "Yes, sure, for some things SPAs are appropriate." is pretty much what I'm saying too.
I'm saying "Overuse of SPAs has reached comical proportions. That doesn't mean there is no legitmate uses for them."
You're saying (correct me if I'm wrong): "Hey, SPAs are right for some things, wrong for others. Why bother talking about it?"
One acknowledges a huge problem, while the other claims the problem is overblown.
> I don't buy into your numbers if only because I have zero clue where they come from
Honestly the proportion is probably much higher than 10:1, but the numbers are not based on research. They come from my personal experience of observing that most landing pages and simple CRUD apps these days are written using SPA frameworks. Based on my personal experience, it seems like it is the majority. It's possible there is some selection bias based on my browsing habits, but I don't get that sense.
> I'm saying "Overuse of SPAs has reached comical proportions. That doesn't mean there is no legitmate uses for them."
Lots of people ARE saying that it does mean no one should use them. Or at least are phrasing things to sound like it.
That said...
People using things like an SPA for things they should goes WAY back, to the flash days even.
All the sites with like 4 pages of static (hard coded AND non-animated) were frustrating.