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framework: opt-in client-side router #8

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opened 2025-06-13 17:00:20 -07:00 by clo · 0 comments
clo commented 2025-06-13 17:00:20 -07:00
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my original experimentations in 2022 had a client-side router that was about 2kb, so it could be defer-loaded on every page. it made navigation faster and could perform pre-fetching. my reasons for not having it on this site is:

  • it used a custom binary format for pages, which i did not port over. this format gave layouts unique IDs so it could tell when to switch out the entire page, or just the content. it also knew about client-side component islands, which is a concept that got removed as sitegen no longer follows react-like "use client" boundaries.
  • i wanted to use CSS view transitions, but animated view transitions don't actually look that good.
  • paperclover.net is fast enough once the technology layer was simplified.

it would be cute to have this back though, the tech was really ahead of it's time.

my original experimentations in 2022 had a client-side router that was about 2kb, so it could be defer-loaded on every page. it made navigation faster and could perform pre-fetching. my reasons for not having it on this site is: - it used a custom binary format for pages, which i did not port over. this format gave layouts unique IDs so it could tell when to switch out the entire page, or just the content. it also knew about client-side component islands, which is a concept that got removed as sitegen no longer follows react-like "use client" boundaries. - i wanted to use CSS view transitions, but animated view transitions don't actually look that good. - paperclover.net is fast enough once the technology layer was simplified. it would be cute to have this back though, the tech was really ahead of it's time.
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