This makes no sense. Downloading a web browser takes even longer. It's an insane comparison to draw in the context of the experience of actually using an application.
Nobody cares about startup time when it's a task you do once a day compared to using the application which might be constant throughout the day. How often are people booting up their IDEs?
It's equally unfair to compare the round-trip load of an application that people expect to download on-demand, versus an application that is already installed on the client
Nobody cares about startup time when it's a task you do once a day compared to using the application which might be constant throughout the day. How often are people booting up their IDEs?