[gizmo]

This is not a 3kb library for popups, given that the main source file popper.js is 44.6kb and the minimized version is 13.5kb large. I'm assuming 3kb refers to the gzipped size, but this isn't so meaningful because parsing and loading the javascript is more significant than reading a few extra kilobytes from a socket.

That said, this looks like a very nice library.

[FezVrasta]

Yes I refer to the gzipped size as usually the other libraries do. I don't think that gzipping is so heavy on system resources considering that most of the websites are gzipped nowadays

[gizmo]

gzipping is cheap, but it's not a very meaningful indicator of anything. It only refers to bandwidth and only for the first site visit. Even for js-heavy sites all the minimized and gzipped javascript put together will be smaller than a single png file.

That the library doesn't have dependencies is much more important, because then it can be loaded in parallel with other libraries. That matters a lot for performance.

[Can_Not]

Labeling everything in their gzip size (without the real size) is a bad new trend in my opinion. It feels like an unfair marketing practice since older projects won't mention gzip at all. I use gzip, but I don't think of my project in gzip numbers. The biggest issue I have with it is that now if somebody explicitly does not state whether or not they are talking about real size or gzip size, is likely that both of us don't know which size is being talked about. It feels like Fahrenheit and Celsius both being used unlabeled. I still think in real size, so it's an extra conversion for me when people use gzip only.

[FezVrasta]

On the project website it's specified tho :-)

[Can_Not]

Talking about a trend, not a specific project website tho :-)