What your site costs users
Analyzing the real-world cost of website data usage globally, factoring in mobile data prices and purchasing power parity.
Analyzing the real-world cost of website data usage globally, factoring in mobile data prices and purchasing power parity.
A review of the five most popular web performance and responsive design articles from 2014, discussing speed, myths, and metrics.
Explores different metrics for web performance budgets, comparing milestone timings, SpeedIndex, quantity-based, and rule-based approaches.
A review of Scott Jehl's book 'Responsible Responsive Design', covering advanced responsive web design techniques, performance, and accessibility.
The article debunks the myth that responsive web design (RWD) is inherently bad for performance, arguing it's an opportunity to prioritize performance.
Summary of a Google I/O 2014 talk on building a team-wide performance culture for web development, focusing on mobile users and metrics.
Explores the implementation of responsive images using srcset, sizes, and picture elements, advocating for a combined front-end and server-side approach.
Explores how to define 'fast enough' for website performance, covering competitive analysis, user perception, and key metrics like Speed Index.
A review of the top five most popular web development articles from 2013, covering responsive images, performance budgets, and CSS/device quirks.
The article argues that web performance is a cultural, not just technical, problem and requires a holistic approach throughout development.
Explores the performance impact of non-responsive images, focusing on memory waste and decoding time, with practical examples and data.
A guide to using simple share URLs for Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms instead of heavy social media plugins.
Explores the need for responsive images in web development, analyzing performance benefits and implementation challenges.
A guide to optimizing web performance by reducing request latency, streamlining responses, and leveraging modern infrastructure to handle traffic efficiently.
Explains the importance of setting a performance budget for web projects to control page weight and load times, treating speed as a core design feature.
A developer shares their journey of leaving a stable job to start independent consulting, focusing on responsive web development, performance challenges, and tech training.
An article debunking the myth that responsive design inherently causes poor performance, arguing for a broader consideration of network and hardware factors.
Introduction to RoboHornet, a community-driven browser benchmark focused on real-world web performance pain points like DOM and canvas.
Discusses the challenges of serving high-resolution images to new iPads on low-bandwidth connections and criticizes Apple's approach.
Explores automated testing for image download behavior in responsive web design using CSS media queries and Browsercope.