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		carlineng on Sept 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to build a personal webpage from scratch <img> tags use the loading="lazy" property which doesn't actually load the image until it's displayed. Everything else is just text, which is super tiny. https://github.com/cadars/john-doe/blob/4f5a3eafecbdffa9d34f...

Funes- on Sept 29, 2022 [–]

I didn't know about that attribute, thanks. I wonder if there's a way to make "lazy" its default value, instead of "eager"... I guess not without JS.

P. S. It seems that Safari isn't compatible with the attribute by default, but it can be enabled through its settings.

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