what could be more jarring the yc's color scheme and yet i never sense, much less experience, a lag nor do i quit the site in frustration cuz i'm waiting too long for it to load. just the opposite in fact. there is so much good stuff here that i can always count on having my paradigms shifted. i can only imagine how much more time i would be spending here if they were decked in soothing shades of blue.
i rather agree with radware, in that, "[a] combination of page bloat, missed opportunities, and site owners struggling with web performance best practices" might have more to do with manipulating user perceptions.
but hey, color me skeptic.