[andybak]

Slower than what? In my experience, simple page loads are usually blazingly fast assuming you're not on 2g or something.

It's heavy client-side frameworks that often feel slow.

[robertoandred]

You've never used backend frameworks like WordPress? They can be very slow.

[andybak]

Yes. That's why I specified "simple page loads". If your frameworkless website is slow then the fault doesn't lie with the nature of http or the intrinsic overhead of full page loads. You've got a shitty backend framework, database or network.