I think you’re right in a way, but it’s definitely a problem. LW 1.0 is easily usable on a mobile internet device (a tablet or even a phone!). LW 0.2 (sorry, I meant “2.0”!) is horribly sluggish even on a fairly reasonable desktop. How can we honestly expect such a site to ever become popular among the “cool kids” of today? (And come to think of it, plenty of “cool kids” read, say, Scott’s blog, and that’s a lot closer to LW 1.0 than to the newer version of the site—it certainly performs reasonably!)
I think you’re right in a way, but it’s definitely a problem. LW 1.0 is easily usable on a mobile internet device (a tablet or even a phone!). LW 0.2 (sorry, I meant “2.0”!) is horribly sluggish even on a fairly reasonable desktop. How can we honestly expect such a site to ever become popular among the “cool kids” of today? (And come to think of it, plenty of “cool kids” read, say, Scott’s blog, and that’s a lot closer to LW 1.0 than to the newer version of the site—it certainly performs reasonably!)