Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWikimedia sunsets separate mobile domainswww.mediawiki.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago mobile web browsers, most websites would serve either a separate style sheet that gave a simplified layout A simpler layout and usually a more lightweight page in general because mobile data eas slow and expensive back then. If someone wanted people to actually use their site on the go, they had to make it load quickly and not cost $5 worth of data doing it.
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s a good point; modern pages would choke our old 2G/3G plans!
A simpler layout and usually a more lightweight page in general because mobile data eas slow and expensive back then.
If someone wanted people to actually use their site on the go, they had to make it load quickly and not cost $5 worth of data doing it.
That’s a good point; modern pages would choke our old 2G/3G plans!