An Abbreviated History of AJAX and SSR | HackerNoon
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The shift to client-side rendering has improved responsiveness, significantly enhancing user experience by keeping interactions local and avoiding server roundtrips, resulting in noticeably faster performance.
The Local Storage API, alongside Web Workers, has introduced offline functionality in browsers, greatly expanding capabilities that previously required server connectivity and reducing the need for constant online presence.
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