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“performance” News Archive (3)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Flexbox Layout Isn’t Slow (pau)204
css, flexbox, layout
Performance Matters (ali)203
w3c
SEO Strategies for Designers202
seo, strategies, urls, metadata
Sustainable Web Design (ali)201
sustainability
Webpage Performance (geo)200
compression, images, minification, caching, content-delivery
Image Compression for Web Developers199
images, compression, link-lists
WordPress Fragment Caching Revisited (css)198
wordpress, caching, php
Domain Sharding Revisited197
domains, http, protocols
Progressive Enhancement Is Faster (jaf/sma)196
progressive-enhancement
Images Slowing Down Your Site? Try This One Weird Trick! (aer)195
images, javascript
Solving Rendering Performance Puzzles (jaf)194
svg, javascript, rendering
Does Flexbox Have a Performance Problem? (chr/css)193
css, flexbox, layout
On Mobile, Data URIs Are 6× Slower Than Source Linking (New Research)192
mobile, data-urls
When the UI Is Too Fast (nng)191
usability
Say “Yes” to JavaScript (mit)190
javascript, privacy
Why We Need Responsive Images (tka)189
images, responsive-design, metrics
Creating a Performance Culture188
culture
HTML5’s “Performance Issue” Rubbished (cra)187
html
No, HTML5 Does Not Have a Performance Issue (pba)186
html
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)185
fonts, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
jQuery: The Performance of DOM Caching184
jquery, dom, caching
HTTP Archive: Adding Flush183
php, flushing
Why Is Node.js So Much Faster? (sim)182
nodejs, javascript, asynchronicity
Web Technology: 5 Things to Watch in 2013 (sts/cne)181
browsers, standards, images
A Tale of Animation Performance (chr/css)180
css, animations
Why Moving Elements With “translate()” Is Better Than “pos:abs top/left” (pau)179
css, animations
Scrolling Performance (aer)178
scrolling
The Perception of Speed177
user-experience, single-page-apps
Measuring Connection Speed in Browsers (ppk)176
network, browsers, mobile
Web Performance: When Millisecond Resolution Just Isn’t Enough175
javascript, apis, metrics
Cache Is King174
caching
Preferred Caching173
caching, web-apps, internet-explorer, browsers
Octane: The JavaScript Benchmark Suite for the Modern Web172
javascript, testing, support, v8, tooling
Loading Half a Billion Rows Into MySQL171
mysql, databases
The Performance of localStorage Revisited (nza)170
browser-storage, javascript
In Defense of localStorage (nza)169
browser-storage, javascript
Building a High Performance Website168
metrics, processes, optimization
The Performance Golden Rule167
principles
Google Wants Faster TCP166
google, tcp, protocols
Caching Images With JavaScript and HTML5 Progress Bars (zol)165
images, caching, javascript, html, progress-indicators
Don’t Use IDs in CSS Selectors?164
css, selectors, cascade
Use PHP Flush to Improve Site Loading Speed163
php, flushing
Reduce Your jQuery Script Loading Times162
jquery, embed-code
HTML5, CSS3, and DOM Performance (pau)161
videos, html, css, dom
CSS3 vs. CSS: A Speed Benchmark (sma)160
css, comparisons, metrics
Evolution of Script Loading159
html, javascript, asynchronicity
Speed Up Your Website With PHP Buffer Flushing (cra)158
php, flushing
Performance Mythbusters (tka)157
optimization, myths
Improve JavaScript Performance156
javascript, optimization
Why We Don’t Have a Parent Selector (jus)155
css, selectors
The Need for Speed… Why Slow Page Load Times Matter (and)154
slides
High-Performance String Concatenation in JavaScript (cra)153
javascript, strings
WebPageTest.org and Page Speed152
webpagetest, google
Delay Loading the Print Stylesheet (bel)151
css, print, javascript
Website Response Times (nng)150
user-experience, usability, metrics
Frontend SPOF149
html, javascript, css, fonts
Efficiently Rendering CSS (chr/css)148
css, selectors, rendering
Performance Toolbelt: Page Speed (tka)147
tooling
Slow Kills (tel)146
google
9 Causes of Web Page Obesity (cra)145
embed-code, compression, optimization
Better JavaScript Minification (nza/ali)144
javascript, minification
Data URIs (chr/css)143
data-urls
Are You Loosing Traffic by Poor Website Performance? (cod/sma)142
traffic, techniques, tooling, link-lists
How Fast Is Your Site?141
google, tooling
Full Frontal ’09: Jake Archibald on Performance Optimisation (mic/aja)140
optimization, javascript, dom
Fast by Default and Web Performances (aja)139
images, sprites, javascript, css
Data URIs Explained (nza)138
data-urls, base64
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)137
css, fonts
JavaScript Gzip Compression in WordPress: What’s Possible and What Hurts (lyz/clo)136
php, javascript, compression, gzip, wordpress
Details on JS Compression: Squeezing Every Last Byte on the Wire (dal/aja)135
javascript, compression
Best Way to Load Your JavaScript (dal/aja)134
javascript, jquery
Event Delegation in JavaScript (nza)133
javascript, events
Quick Performance Tip: jQuery and “addClass” (zac)132
jquery, tips-and-tricks
Let’s Make the Web Faster131
google
Reducing the File Size of HTML Documents (j9t)130
html, optimization
PHP Performance Tips129
php, tips-and-tricks
CSS: Using Every Declaration Just Once (j9t)128
css, maintainability
How Gzip Compression Works127
compression, gzip
Simplifying CSS Selectors126
css, selectors
Page Speed: New Open Source Firebug Performance Extension From Google (dal/aja)125
firebug, google, tooling
Flushing the Document Early124
flushing
Don’t Use “@import”123
css
Reflows and Repaints: CSS Performance Making Your JavaScript Slow? (stu)122
css, reflow, painting, javascript
Performance of CSS Selectors Is Irrelevant (j9t)121
css, selectors
Is Optimizing CSS Selectors Worth It? (dal/aja)120
css, selectors, optimization
Performance Impact of CSS Selectors119
css, selectors, metrics
Performance and RFC 2396 (j9t)118
links
JavaScript Variable Performance (nza)117
javascript, variables
Coupling Asynchronous Scripts116
javascript, asynchronicity, html
State of Performance 2008115
retrospectives, outlooks
Timing in JavaScript and Browsers Can’t Be Trusted (dal/aja)114
javascript, metrics, windows
UA Profiler and Google Chrome113
chrome, google, browsers, profiling
The Performance Cost of the HTML Tree Builder (hsi)112
html, parsing, metrics
What’s the Fastest Way to Code a Loop in JavaScript?111
javascript, loops, metrics, comparisons, browsers, firefox, camino, safari, opera, internet-explorer
Non-Blocking JavaScript Downloads (sto)110
javascript
State of AJAX for June 2008: Apple Flexes Open Web Muscles (dal/aja)109
browsers, standards, javascript, extjs, dojo, yui, mootools, jquery, css, svg, canvas, tooling, link-lists, ajaxian
Rendering Performance in Canvas Compared to SVG and VML (dal/aja)108
rendering, canvas, svg, images, comparisons
Preloading Images With jQuery (oct/aja)107
preloading, images, jquery
15 Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages106
tooling, browser-extensions, link-lists
JavaScript Optimization—High Performance JS Apps105
javascript, optimization, lazy-loading
Efficient Video Delivery Over the Internet (dig)104
multimedia, http, link-lists
Ajaxian Roundup for April 2008: CSS Goodness, Ext Licenses, and the Cloud (dal/aja)103
javascript, jquery, prototypejs, dojo, extjs, mootools, standards, css, mobile, tooling, code-editors, ajaxian, link-lists
The Performance Aspect of Acid3102
acid-tests, web-platform, browsers, animations
Ajaxian Roundup for March 2008: IE 8, Acid3, and Performance (dal/aja)101
browsers, javascript, dojo, dwr, extjs, prototypejs, jquery, css, design, tooling, mobile, databases, comet, ajaxian, link-lists
Optimizing Page Loading in the Web Browser (ant/web)100
browsers, optimization
IE 8 [Connection] Parallelism Issues (dal/aja)99
internet-explorer, browsers
IE8 Speeds Things Up98
internet-explorer, browsers, http
Include: Pack Your JavaScript With Ease (dal/aja)97
javascript, libraries, minification
Does “setTimeout” Solve the “DOMContentLoaded” Problem?96
javascript, dom, time
Is Easy Implementation the Same as Good Code? (cod/aja)95
developer-experience, quality, javascript, embed-code
10 Principles of Effective Web Design (vit/sma)94
principles, design, usability, simplicity, whitespace, conventions, testing
A Study of AJAX Performance Issues93
ajax, javascript, metrics, studies, research
Ajaxian Roundup for December 2007: It’s the End of the Year as We Know It (dal/aja)92
browsers, javascript, prototypejs, extjs, yui, jquery, microsoft, dwr, security, gwt, comet, css, mobile, ajaxian, link-lists
Fallacies of Distributed Computing Explained (arn)91
architecture, network
The Great Browser JavaScript Showdown (cod)90
javascript, metrics, opera, safari, internet-explorer, firefox, browsers, comparisons
Monthly Ajaxian Roundup for November 2007: Defining JavaScript 2, Making Security Less Caja, and Mobile (dal/aja)89
dojo, prototypejs, scriptaculous, mootools, jquery, yui, gwt, extjs, browsers, javascript, apis, mobile, ajaxian, link-lists
ActionScript Performance Tips88
actionscript, tips-and-tricks
“replaceHTML” for When “innerHTML” Dogs You Down (dal/aja)87
javascript, html
YUI Theater—Joseph Smarr: “High-Performance JavaScript: Why Everything You’ve Been Taught Is Wrong”86
javascript
Web Standards Do—the Way of Web Standards (oli/w3c)85
standards, html, semantics, http, content-negotiation, caching, xml, xhtml, testing, processes, urls, redirecting
CSS Selectors—Speed Myths84
css, selectors, metrics, extjs, jquery, dojo, mootools, prototypejs, internet-explorer, firefox, safari, opera, browsers, comparisons, myths
Load Time, the UX Factor: Facts and Measures (j9t)83
user-experience
Delay Loading Your Print CSS (sto)82
css, print
Faster Page Loads With Image Concatenation81
images, html, css
Adam Bosworth: Why AJAX Failed (Then Succeeded) (dal/aja)80
ajax, user-experience
Dynamically Loading Google Analytics (mar)79
javascript, google, analytics
The Case for Registering Multiple Domains78
domains, http
Lessons in JavaScript Performance Optimisation: 90 Seconds Down to 3 Seconds (mic)77
lessons, javascript, optimization
JavaScript Loop Test76
javascript, loops, browsers, metrics
JavaScript Speed Test: Test Your Browsers (dal/aja)75
javascript, testing, browsers
AJAX and [Scalability] (mic/aja)74
ajax, servers, scalability
Speeding Up AJAX With JSON (aja)73
ajax, json
Fast DOM Queries in Today’s Browsers (sli)72
javascript, dom, browsers, w3c
The Benefits of Cascading Style Sheets71
css, maintainability, consistency, seo, accessibility
Comet: Low Latency Data for the Browser (sli)70
comet, ajax, javascript
10 Realistic Steps to a Faster Web Site69
servers, caching
AJAX and CSS Optimization68
ajax, javascript, css, optimization, compression
AJAX Perf—Comparing the Atlas and Prototype Class Idioms67
javascript, comparisons
Ten Steps to a More User Friendly Website66
flash, images, compression, link-rot, html, conformance, browsers, support, navigation, readability, quality
Apache Performance Testing65
servers, apache, testing
High Performance, High Scalability PHP Is a Lie64
php, scalability
5 Questions for Your Web Development Team (joh)63
mobile, legal, accessibility, maintainability, extensibility, search
Why Use Web Standards?62
standards, seo, maintainability, accessibility, extensibility
CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death (dav/ali)61
css, images, sprites
Is Bloated CSS the New HTML? (jus)60
css, caching
By Logical Extension (bee)59
css, selectors
How Critical Is Page Download Time by Itself?58
user-experience
12 Steps to Faster Flash57
flash
Effects of CSS-Based Design (dav)56
html, css, conformance
Saving Bytes by Using Multiple CSS Classes on Elements55
css, html
Checking Unix Server Performance54
servers, unix-like
Improving Web Page Loading53
optimization, tables, javascript
Cache or Check?52
caching, comparisons
Exchanging Information With a Server Without Reloading Your HTML Page51
html, javascript
XML Is Too Slow… Not50
xml
When Web Pages Don’t Work49
user-experience, navigation, graceful-degradation, usability, design, testing
The 60 Second Battle: Keeping the Visitor48
user-experience, user-conversion
Reduce Network Traffic With Web Caching47
network, traffic, caching
Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? (nng)46
design, usability, mistakes
HTML Crunchers Fuel Compression Obsession (tid)45
html, minification, tooling
W3C Unveils a Cure for Web Crawl44
w3c, protocols, http, crawling
HTTP Further Clogs Congested Arteries43
http, protocols
Code Quality Checker42
tools, analysis, quality, optimization
Website Analyzer (Accessify)41
tools, analysis, quality, optimization
Website Experience Analyzer40
tools, analysis, user-experience, security
CDN Use Checker39
tools, analysis, content-delivery
Gzip and Brotli Checker38
tools, analysis, compression, brotli, gzip
Gzip Checker37
tools, analysis, compression, gzip
HTML Size Analyzer (deb)36
tools, analysis, html
Image Performance Analyzer35
tools, analysis, images
Load Time and Object Checker34
tools, analysis
Load Time Checker33
tools, analysis
Web Vitals Analyzer (Calibre) (cal)32
tools, analysis, web-vitals
Web Vitals Analyzer (SpeedVitals)31
tools, analysis, web-vitals
Website Browser and Location Speed Tester30
tools, analysis, geolocation
Website Performance Analyzer (GTmetrix)29
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (KeyCDN)28
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (PageSpeed)27
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (Pingdom)26
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (Uptime.com)25
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (Uptrends)24
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (wattspeed)23
tools, analysis
Website Performance Analyzer (WebPageTest)22
tools, analysis, webpagetest
Browser Performance Testers21
tools, exploration, testing, browsers
CSS Sprite Generator (Sprite Cow)20
tools, exploration, code-generation, css, sprites
CSS Sprite Generator (Toptal)19
tools, exploration, code-generation, css, sprites
Image Compressor (Compressor.io)18
tools, exploration, images, compression
Image Compressor (WebUtils)17
tools, exploration, images, compression
Bandwidth Speed Tester (Bandwidth Place)16
tools, exploration, network
Bandwidth Speed Tester (BroadbandUK)15
tools, exploration, network
Download Time Calculator14
tools, exploration, network
HAR Analyzer and Visualizer13
tools, exploration, network, visualization
Google Lighthouse Report Comparer12
tools, exploration, google, comparisons
Google Lighthouse Scoring Calculator11
tools, exploration, google
Performance Budget Calculator (jon)10
tools, exploration, performance-budgets
Slow File Download Emulator (css+)9
tools, exploration
WebPageTest Report Frustration Calculator8
tools, exploration, user-experience, webpagetest
Website Performance Analyzer (DebugBear) (deb)7
tools, analysis, web-vitals
Website Performance Bulk Analyzer6
tools, analysis, web-vitals
Web Vitals Analyzer (EXPERTE.com)5
tools, analysis, web-vitals
Brotli Checker4
tools, analysis, compression, brotli
Website Performance Analyzer (Treo)3
tools, analysis, web-vitals
Website Performance Comparer2
tools, analysis, comparisons
Critical CSS Extractor1
tools, analysis, css, critical-path, code-generation