Aliza with the long dark hair ([info]aliza250) wrote,
@ 2008-05-18 12:34:00
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Entry tags:geekery, stupidity

Not Clear On The Concept -- GMail Bloat
The last few times I've logged into GMail, my script blocker has notified me that there was blocked remote-site content on the GMail front page. Today I finally allowed it to see what it was.

After a several second delay, this showed up:



Latest News from the Gmail Blog

A need for speed: the path to a faster loading sequence
Posted May 13, 2008
Great performance has always been an obsession at Google and it's something that we think about and work on everyday. We...



Way to go, Google, adding several seconds of load time to the GMail entry page to tell me that you're trying to optimize system performance!

And so much for the streamlined clutter-free GMail interface...



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[info]jbsegal
2008-05-27 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Hm. I got a short load spike and then MUCH faster performance...

And I'm not seeing anything much different in the UI...

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