On: The Disadvantages of Single Page Applications (2014)

[qu4z-2]

Word also doesn't generally lock up when it can't access the network, and sit there spinning though. (Although I'm sure that feature is on the road-map).

I feel like a lot of the people making SPAs just haven't used a dodgy internet connection in five years or more.

[jalfresi → qu4z-2]

I get the impression they are all too young to remember the dark old days of Flash web apps. We've been here before. It sucked.

[JustSomeNobody → jalfresi]

Indeed!