> loading 17.3Mb of gifs is the main problem.
The main problem is that for some inexplicable reason the text of the page isn't shown until those gifs are loaded.
The main problem is that for some inexplicable reason the text of the page isn't shown until those gifs are loaded.
By default, pages on the web progressively load gifs and images. You have to put in more work just to make your user experience worse.
It's the same thing I see on some sites that use `div`s as links instead of normal `a` tags. Someone had to go to all of the trouble of adding click handlers, tab indexes, extra styling and classes, just so the page would be less semantic for screen readers.