Right? The problem is articles could potentially have early media content, specifically a fat youtube iframe, in the case of the DIY 3d scanner article.
I'm glad for this feedback, though. I'll play around with slightly dropping image quality (currently it's JPEG output at quality = 100), and lazy-loading.
Yeah, I saw the iframe and it definitely made me think. You could filter out "expensive" elements or smartly replace them with a thumbnail but eventually you will slowly go crazy. The image preview approach is definitely the sane and simple solution. It just feels less elegant. I would have a hard time resisting the urge to make it work somehow.
I'm glad for this feedback, though. I'll play around with slightly dropping image quality (currently it's JPEG output at quality = 100), and lazy-loading.