Cuba and the web

A couple of months ago I traveled to Cuba, an excellent and beautiful place, but with a lack of notable infrastructure in telecommunications. That is, access to the internet more than limited and of poor quality. A land of contrasts from a particular point of view.

In general, the subject of Cuba seems very interesting to me. Apart from the economic aspect of the country and the political issues with the United States, what I have enjoyed is the investment in culture and the arts in many aspects: Channels dedicated to talk about art, impulse to music such as jazz, the importance of curators, artists going abroad to expand their knowledge ... In addition to seeing in the streets the impulse to restore already neglected buildings, the Capitol, etc. Walls of buildings painted but left the signs painted many years ago completely intact.

In contrast to these issues, we find ourselves in a place with limited access to the web, and yet in stores for tourists they promote online payment to obtain a significant discount.

Specifically, being with my partner in this situation, I was able to experience this process:

1. To make the payment online, there is a person sitting on a computer that performs the process for you.
2. The person in charge writes down the data of your card in a web page that does not inspire much security.
3. If the process marks error, it shows you a page with an image that indicates that there was an error.
4. The person returns to the process with the "Back" button of the browser.
5. The system seems to have problems approving the transaction on Sundays (that day was Sunday).
   I had not had such a direct encounter on how to navigate the web with such an access. Needless to say, there is a stagnation of approximately 15 years in terms of design and functionality.

But that's not the point, I was more interested in the importance of the performance and efficiency of a site to provide a break between the daily constraints.

I still can not imagine the possibility of working as a web designer in Havana. However, it is still virgin land, and could soon accommodate an important change in this regard. If this were to happen, it would mean an introduction to the ambitions of a better web soaking Cuban sites.

It would be great.

What remains to do on our part is to think about performance always, probably someone with little internet access try to visit somewhere and we can save you a little frustration.

I think this is the work of web work, analyze and find areas of opportunity.

What do you think?