Intra-page (< 100 ms)
Example. A user clicks a Banner asking for a Mortgage within the site, and page elements immediately re-render based on this expressed intent.
Technical approach. No internet interaction — the data used is already present in the browser context (IndexedDB, OPFS, Dexie JS, IDB, WASM).
Implications.
- Client complexity rises sharply.
- Browser compatibility becomes a real concern.
- Host state matters (e.g. responsiveness with hundreds of tabs open).
- Mobile vs desktop vs connected devices each have different ceilings.
Cost relative to next tier up. Moving an Intra-page experience to the Inter-page tier typically incurs an order-of-magnitude increase in delivery cost; conversely, pulling an Inter-page experience down into Intra-page also imposes a similar order-of-magnitude jump in client complexity (source.real-time-clarity-md).