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An even faster Microsoft Edge

  • Nicolas Hoizey
  • 29 May 2024
  • WebPerf
  • 1 reaction
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https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/05/28/an-even-faster-microsoft-edge/

JavaScript must be downloaded, then run through a JIT compiler (even if you don’t use it), and then executed, and all this must be done before any of the JavaScript can start rendering the UI. This introduces a lot of delay before users can see the UI, especially on low-end devices.

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  1. Benoît Launay avatar Benoît Launay
    @nhoizey let’s hope they will have some opportunity to exchange — pun intended — with their m365 colleagues and make them strip down the madness of SPFx ????
    • 7 June 2024, 17:45
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