Improving Low-Connectivity Experiences on the Web
summary
Global access stats land hard: 54% of households worldwide have internet, with 5 Mbps / 10GB cap on a real satellite connection that even stops when snow covers the dish. Measured wins include removing trackers cutting a page from 5 MB to 500KB page after removing trackers. Practical tactics and tools: Chrome DevTools network throttling, service worker caching, library costs (jQuery 85 KB, D3 216 KB), UX targets (1s notice, 2s some content, 10s lose interest) and offline‑first patterns that demonstrably work.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:40The Internet
- 1:33Internet Access
- 5:39Satellite Internet
- 6:37Internet Plans
- 7:36Limited Connectivity
- 8:44Advertising
- 10:00Responsive Websites
- 10:36Autoplay
- 13:15Page Size
- 14:44Page Size Profiling
- 15:29Offline First
- 19:01Conclusion
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