Remove website background video on mobile #1799
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The background video on our mobile landing page is a fairly large download. It causes inconsistent performance, sometimes dropping lighthouse to below 80 due to an LCP of over 5 seconds 😱.
It seems like a good idea to just remove on mobile it as we probably shouldn't burden users on mobile networks with a 1,597.6 KiB download for a video that is barely visible.
@Harsh9485 @shamun-khatri Would one of you be interested in tackling this? @Evaan2001 Is already preparing a new video for #1784.
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Harsh9485 commentedon May 25, 2025
I’d be happy to work on this!
It looks like a good quick issue, but for me it’s also a great way to explore and understand more of this complex project. I really enjoy learning through contributions like this — they help me grow and get more comfortable with the codebase.
Harsh9485 commentedon May 27, 2025
I removed the video for mobile devices, and it seems to work fine locally.
However, when I tried to analyze the performance using Lighthouse, it got stuck for over 30 minutes.
@aaronmondal What do you think I should do in this case?
Harsh9485 commentedon May 27, 2025
Screen.Recording.2025-05-27.101645.mp4
Is it alright if I just open a pull request and you take it over from there?
Evaan2001 commentedon May 27, 2025
@Harsh9485, thanks for taking this on :). I think what @aaronmondal meant by the background video is the animation we see behind "The Parallel Compute Platform", not the ~2 mins long walkthrough video. Think you can make this change?
Harsh9485 commentedon May 28, 2025
@Evaan2001 Thank you for pointing out my mistake.
In issue #1784, we discussed that the video resolution is very low.
@aaronmondal mentioned that removing the background video might be a good idea, and I mistakenly thought he was referring to the main walkthrough video.
I accept my mistake, and I’ll go ahead and fix it.