Chronotope’s Twitter Archive—№ 65,143

New Facebook UI for posting is much faster. Curious to why I looked into it.
On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood +1 🙂

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There's a lot of UI faking (I don't mean in a bad way) where it looks like stuff is happening, but is taking much longer in the background.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood -4 🙁

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It's fascinating how as a codebase React pushes that type of behavior. It's prob the first JS library that is as much about users as devs.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 3 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood +3 🙂

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If I wanted a Ph.D I'd prob write a dissertation on how Facebook's code style and libraries enforces and codifies user-first as a philosophy
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 3 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood 0

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It isn't just a tool for making better UX. Or that forms it. It is a tool that forces developers to think about UX. Few libraries do that.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood +2 🙂

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If I had to put a finger on how FB keeps beating Google it is because Facebook's code is a contract with users. Google's is engineer-first.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 6 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood -1 🙁

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React as a library is just such a fascinating window into that because it is a codebase that can and will burn your CPU to assure best UX.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 4 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood +6 🙂

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Any engineer would look at FB's network requests & say 'unnecessary'. But not if you want to be fully connected with what friends are doing.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood +1 🙂

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You won't load your friends latest avatars immediately, but gain access to all UI faster. But you can see avys update every 10 secs.
Permalink On twitter.com 2016 Jul 12 Mood +2 🙂

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Related: sitepoint.com/how-to-speed-up-your-ux-with-skeleton-screens/
Permalink On twitter.com 2016 Jul 13 Mood 0
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It's why something like Temporary Avatars in Facebook is not just brilliant but something that emerges out of their code and its philosophy
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood +6 🙂

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By same measure: refusal to add a cache check for URL share cards in the mobile app is something that drives me crazy as a dev, but smart.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood 0

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Mobile is slow, mobile costs users money. So if given an opportunity, halve the data involved in the process of posting a link. Duh.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood +2 🙂

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But that's a decision I could never imagine Google would make. Gotta check in on every transaction there, Towards A Perfect Code.
Permalink On twitter.com 2016 Jul 12 Mood +3 🙂

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I bet it isn't even a fully conscious decision on their part. This is prob one of those examples where a company culture *actually* matters.
Permalink On twitter.com ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood +1 🙂

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I hope one day Facebook open sources their platform. I bet that Code Studies people could have a field day with it.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 2 Favorites 2016 Jul 12 Mood +2 🙂

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(by the way, this is also why Facebook will win the ad tech war if it comes down to them vs Google)
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2016 Jul 12 Mood +2 🙂

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