You obviously didn't read what I wrote or understand it. I specifically said this:
>Sure you can load scripts in-line for stuff below the fold, but make sure it doesn't actually get parsed by the browser until that feature is likely to be visible on the screen."
I specifically said you could load a script in-line for stuff "below the fold" as long as the browser doesn't parse it until it's used. That's very different than doing an HTTP request for a script file while scrolling.
But you know what? Forget it. I'm done trying to explain things to people who think they already know it all and didn't even understand my original comment.
> users can wait an extra second [every time they scroll to load new content]
which is exactly the bad experience the commenters above are talking about.
They understood your comment, and they disagree. This is not the good advice you think it is, unless your main goal is to score 100 on lighthouse for SEO purposes, not UX.
The loading spinner is specifically for people with shitty internet connections when loading dynamic data after the initial page load. And you're completely misunderstanding practically everything I wrote and replacing what I wrote with your assumptions. Go ahead, it's the internet, bash away all you want. But I know what I did, I know it works, and I know it's not janky at all - it's your assumptions that are wrong. The advice is good, your understanding of it is not. You don't need to reply, I won't be trying to explain any of this any further just so you can misunderstand everything I wrote, again.
People scroll pages to skim. This also sounds like it might break CTRL-F.
If I can't skim your page instantly I will more than likely churn my visit.
Doesn't matter that I have a good computer on a 1Gbps connection, you ruined my experience. I'd rather wait 1 sec for the full page to load, than wait a series of 100msecs on what should've been a fully loaded page to actually load at an arbitrary point in time.
Maybe you missed the part where I said we're using SSR for content? That solves the CTRL-F problem easily.
You (and a lot of others here) are making a ton of wrong assumptions, imagining things I never said, and making up your own problems that don't exist in my code just to try to bash me, without even really understanding anything that I wrote in my comment. This entire thread sucks and is full of low-quality trolls. I've been doing front-end for ~30 years, I know what I'm doing. Don't bother replying, I won't be responding to further wrong assumptions and bashing.
>Sure you can load scripts in-line for stuff below the fold, but make sure it doesn't actually get parsed by the browser until that feature is likely to be visible on the screen."
I specifically said you could load a script in-line for stuff "below the fold" as long as the browser doesn't parse it until it's used. That's very different than doing an HTTP request for a script file while scrolling.
But you know what? Forget it. I'm done trying to explain things to people who think they already know it all and didn't even understand my original comment.