WWW - WORLD WIDE WEB, NOT WEALTHY WESTERNERS' WEB
summary
Less than half the world has fast web access—about 1.1 billion—and the next four billion arrive on low‑end phones and flaky networks; Opera Mini routinely compresses pages by 80–90% (typical 1 MB → ~150 KB) and handled 23 PB last month, while progressive web apps use a tiny JSON manifest (PWA installs ~1 MB vs 460 MB native APK) and service worker enables offline composition and background sync. Flipkart’s PWA drives 63% conversion from home‑screen visits and responsive images cut pages by ~70%.
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chapters (31)
- 0:00Start
- 2:19My pledge to the Web
- 2:51Make the web better for...
- 6:58South East Asia
- 9:54Top domains: USA
- 10:13Top handsets: USA
- 10:32Top domains: Indonesia
- 10:42Top handsets: Indonesia
- 11:08Top handsets: Nigeria
- 13:28Native Apps take up space
- 15:03Africa: mobile phone use
- 17:45Tools
- 19:01Flipkart Lite
- 25:07Affordability of access
- 25:36500MB data: hours worked
- 25:58Networks Notworks
- 27:31Meet Thor
- 27:49Stop! Hammer Time
- 28:38Testing in India
- 28:53Battery life matters
- 31:11Single connection
- 33:34Everything happens on the server
- 35:29Holy Grail App #2
- 37:09Bruce's law of Smartness
- 37:41Infrastructure
- 38:19Opera Mini: modes
- 38:51Smartphone growth?
- 41:42American seniors
- 47:05Web empowers women
- 47:26Online work: Most important advantages
- 49:13Internet matters
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