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"amber-screen library computer in 1998: type in two words and hit F3. search results appear instantly.

"now: type in two words, wait for an AJAX popup. get a throbber for five seconds. oops you pressed a key, your results are erased

"one of the things that makes me steaming mad is how the entire field of web apps ignores 100% of learned lessons from desktop apps"

-- Gravis McElroy (@gravislizard), 2017-11-06 (start of a very long Twitter thread with examples of loss of usefulness and missed opportunities, not just speed)