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omfg: YES! YES IT IS! But you won't notice it and so the argument that it improves the experience is nonsense because you as human WON'T NOTICE THOSE 3 OR EVEN 6%

It's good because it speeds up the overall response by a measurable degree, not because it makes the experience better. That only happens in conjunction with tons of other improvements, the big ones of which are completely unrelated to the protocol itself and are instead related to how the page is programmed.

How is everyone this bad are understanding that if someone claims A cannot be justified because of B, that does not mean that A cannot be justified. It's near-trivially justified in this case. This crowd really should know better.



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