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Microsoft’s original source code

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617 points EvgeniyZh | 3 comments | 03 Apr 25 21:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.636s | source
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nilsbunger ◴[04 Apr 25 13:47 UTC] No.43582329[source]▶
Steve Jobs used to say the problem with Microsoft is they don’t have taste.

The font-shimmering effect on scroll immediately reminded me of that, it is really distracting. And you can’t use reader mode to disable it.

(FWIW, I’m a fan of Bill Gates and all he’s done for the world)

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nerevarthelame ◴[04 Apr 25 15:38 UTC] No.43583982[source]▶
On top of the poor readability, my 2-year-old laptop can't even navigate through the page without CPU and GPU going insane, and my fans blasting at max speed. It's the poorest, choppiest web performance I can recall, all for what should be a simple blog post.
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SpaceNoodled ◴[04 Apr 25 15:57 UTC] No.43584266[source]▶
That's the fault of modern websites being massive JavaScript ad-playing behemoths instead of sub-1kB served HTML as god intended.
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1. hbn ◴[04 Apr 25 19:56 UTC] No.43587017[source]▶
Funny cause just today this made it to the front page of HN

https://animejs.com/

It has way fancier animations and scrolls like butter

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2. Arech ◴[05 Apr 25 07:02 UTC] No.43591505[source]▶
That's likely because it offloads most of the job to GPU. On a potato it's also very choppy, but CPU fans stays quiet indeed. Gate's notes seems to put the most strain on CPU instead.
3. ForOldHack ◴[06 Apr 25 01:40 UTC] No.43598280[source]▶
Seriously next level. I am on an old potato, and its smooth as silk, forward and backward. Backward. My potato is a ThinkPad i7 which slips into low speed at every single moment it can.