Tell HN: Not everyone has internet as fast as yours

[jedberg]

I'm currently traveling and relying on free wifi hotspots and 3G cellular. It's shocking to me how many apps are completely unusable on slow internet.

Back in the day, our test suites always included a "slow client internet" test to identify issues where there were too many round trips or unnecessarily large payloads.

What happened to that?

(ps. Props to OpenAI, Codex still works on slow internet. Claude won't even load its interface)

[FabHK]

Indeed. Particularly when traveling, I often look for just several bytes of information (an address, when the ferry leaves, etc.), yet the websites contain several megabytes. Frustrating & slow.

[jedberg]

Google Maps is interesting because it has offline mode, but doesn't seem to use its stored data when you're online. It will try to download map tiles it should already have.

You have to go offline to get the faster experience!

[gus_massa]

I remember some trip where the WIFI was so bad that the only usable site was HN.