The Perception of Performance
Luis Vieira discusses how the way users perceive the speed of our website is more important than the actual speed metrics themselves.
Performance
3 Old and Outdated UX Patterns (And How to Fix Them)
When you find something that works, it's easy to keep doing it day after day without seriously wondering if it's still the best approach.
Speed Index: Measuring Page Load Time a Different Way
Daniel Imms examines Chromium's Telemetry and WebPagetest.org to show you how you can measure page speed by addressing the loading of above-the-fold content.
Faster YouTube Embeds with JavaScript
Alexis Ulrich looks at a solution to prevent YouTube Embeds on web pages from slowing down a page's load time. Available as plain JavaScript or jQuery.
Improving Your App’s Onboarding UX
How do you keep a user engaged after that initial giddy flush of install excitement? Joyce shows you ways to make that initial 'onboarding UX' really count.
Tweaking Your Website? Do It Safely with Google Experiments
The Google Experiments feature in Google Analytics makes it easy and safe to test changes to your website. This guide will get you started.
Speed Up Your WordPress Site
A guide to increasing the performance of a WordPress site, with a run-down of tools, techniques and plugins to increase page-load speed and drive traffic
Google Launches Web Starter Kit: A Multi-Device Boilerplate
A look at Google's release: A multi-device boilerplate and toolkit for devs of all skill levels, with a focus on optimization and speed.
Showdown! 5 Online Image Compression Tools Compared
Page weights have been spiralling out of control in recent years. Ada looks at 5 online image compression tools that might help get your pages in shape.
Creating a Custom Icon Font with IcoMoon and Less
A tutorial on how to create a custom icon font and then implement it into your code using IcoMoon app and the Less preprocessor language.
Browser Testing with Modern.IE
It's been easy to overlook Microsoft's contribution to the browser testing arena, but Modern.IE is no toy. Is it just for testing Internet Explorer?
Page Speed: How Soon Will Visitors See Your Content?
A look at how to use Filmstrip View on WebPagetest.org and how useful it can be to debug performance issues.
Page Speed and Business Metrics: The Relationship
Are your good design practices hurting your website performance? Robert takes us through some very common site problems, and how to fix them.
Google’s Doodle and Why it Hertz my Brain!
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