Redefining the core experience

What is a core experience?

People want to read the news

Give them the news

Who wants a core experience?

People you expect

People you don't expect

What's our core experience like?

  • Single column
  • Terrible quality lead image
  • Looks stripped-back and "light"

...but...

  • 1.3MB total downloaded            
  • 35KB is the base page
  • 450ms first paint
  • 1000ms load time

It's not good enough

  • Responsive slice-based layout
  • High quality, responsive lead image
  • Ability to load other images
  • 60KB total downloaded
  • 7KB is the base page
  • 100ms first paint
  • 450ms load time

Give users the ability to enhance their own pages

Redefining the core experience

By Joseph Wynn

Redefining the core experience

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