This whole thread is really interesting but I think it misses a key point: developing countries. The issue with these pages getting larger is that it creates two webs: one that work on the slower networks of less developed countries and another that works for the richer world.<p>It&#x27;s often suggested that we&#x27;ll solve poverty by providing education and given the internet provides a unique opportunity to learn then surely we benefit as a species by ensuring there isn&#x27;t a rich web and a poor web? This risk is compounded by rich people being in a better position to create better learning opportunities.<p>Much like there&#x27;s a drive toward being aware of the accessibility of your website (colour blind-check tools, facebooks image analysis for alt text tags, etc, etc) we should be thinking about delivery into slower networks in poorer countries.