> Mighty’s short term goal was to make people more productive with their browser.
I believe the biggest reason for their failure and lack of traction is because they misidentified their value proposition from day 1.
No, loading web pages marginally faster is not going to make you more productive. It will save you a few minutes per day in the best case scenario, nothing else.
Productivity does not come from loading speed, it comes from how quickly you can identify the information that matters on a page and absorb it.
This HackerNews page took 320ms to load, but I've been on the page for 5 minutes already. They really think saving even 90% of the load time is going to make any difference to my _productivity_?
I believe the biggest reason for their failure and lack of traction is because they misidentified their value proposition from day 1.
No, loading web pages marginally faster is not going to make you more productive. It will save you a few minutes per day in the best case scenario, nothing else.
Productivity does not come from loading speed, it comes from how quickly you can identify the information that matters on a page and absorb it.
This HackerNews page took 320ms to load, but I've been on the page for 5 minutes already. They really think saving even 90% of the load time is going to make any difference to my _productivity_?