On: The web sucks if you have a slow connection

[tommorris]

There is a proposed API for that.

https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/

And like most such APIs, it has been kicked around for a long time and it has only been adopted by Chromium on Android, ChromeOS and iOS. It'd be great if it were more widely adopted...

[disposablename → tommorris]

Yay, more browser fingerprinting data points!

[tommorris → disposablename]

Well, to be fair, as the spec notes, you can already fingerprint on speed by timing how long an AJAX call takes.

Also, "on a shit home DSL connection" doesn't really distinguish me from millions of other UK residents.

[mod → tommorris]

Yes it does, when used in combination with the other data points.

That said, I always get "unique" on those fingerprinting tests. You can't be "extra unique," so I guess I don't mind it.