cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1005198

I would assume it is, since the server only needs to serve the API calls and not the whole web site code?

If so, getting people to use the apps could help with the current wave of users a little.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    Nope. The web ui uses something called service worker which caches the html, css and js files on your device and only fetches updates from time to time.

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      1 year ago

      Is that why my browser now takes 100MB more space that can’t be deleted by clearing cache…? I hate that.

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        1 year ago

        Possibly? No idea how much of the data is from service worker cache. Also I’m not sure whether clearing the cache really skips service worker’s cache, my gut feeling would be that it’s purged as well.

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    In general the database queries themselves are the most expensive. That and maybe the ActivityPub messages. The HTML/Javascript content from the browser should be nothing in comparison, especially since it’s static. So in the end, it shouldn’t matter if you’re using a mobile client or a browser, assuming both are optimized.

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      1 year ago

      That sounds perfectly logical, but for some reason the site through a web browser has been significantly slower than in an app like Jebora for me.