Can we talk about the slow reveal of images on early websites?

Watching a picture load line by line was a test of patience. It hit me that we valued content more when it took time to appear. Did slow connections change your view on digital content?

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morgan_ward612mo ago

Man, that slow load taught me real patience. I'd leave the computer to make a snack and come back to see if it finished. We definitely waited for content instead of just clicking away.

dixon.daniel2mo ago

How many snacks did you burn through waiting?

kevin_roberts412mo ago

Remember how that slow load built a weird kind of suspense? It made a simple picture feel like an event you were part of, not just something you saw. That feeling of waiting together for the reveal is totally gone now.