The art of tuning a website to deliver it's content quickly and efficiently to the user over a potentially low bandwidth connection.
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Is it possible to use asynchronous google adsense, i.e. non-blocking?
I know that there is a Asynchronous method of using Google Analytics but is there something similar for adsense? I can't find one from my current searches - I was wondering whether there is a common ...
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Combining CSS files with regards to @media
We have a website where the usual speed ups from High Performance Websites and Even Faster Web Sites paid dividends.
However we have neglected stylesheets (due to the difficulties laid out below) and ...
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Webpage Post Submits vs AJAX?
Which is better and why?
I can see where a site that works 100% in AJAX might optimize a bit better, due to not having to reload the page on each click.
But I am a huge fan of the big submit button ...
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Which resolutions should I make a favicon in?
I understand that you can create a favicon.ico with multiple resolutions embedded.
Which resolutions should your average website support? Why?
Edit: Performance should be a consideration. I want to ...
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what tools are available to analyze mobile site performance?
the tool must:
1) Test the page/component load/render time.
2) Be usable on multiple devices/browsers.
3) Show results with recommendations per-device/browser
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CDN for authenticated sites
We have a site that requires users to sign into. Typical stuff. Today, all the content (dynamic and static) is behind the login process, and you cannot access any of the pages or files via a URL ...
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Does “putting Javascript at the bottom” defeat the purpose of document.ready?
I know that it is recommended to put Javascript at the bottom of the page, but if I'm using jQuery doesn't this defeat its purpose to run as the DOM is loading?
If I have a dropdown menu, for ...
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Are there any online tools that can help me find problems with my website?
I can run lots of performance tools on my server, but what is with problems that are only visible from the outside? Are there any tools that can help me with this?
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Common optimizations to reduce HTML or XHTML page size?
What are some common optimizations performed to reduce HTML or XHTML page size? Some that come to mind are:
removing comments,
removing extraneous whitespace,
moving repetitive inline styles to a ...
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If a page takes too long to load, after how long will a user give up and re-load or go elsewhere?
If a page takes too long to load, after how long – generally – will a user give up and re-load or go elsewhere? What studies have been done that measured page load time and user ...
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How do you load test your application?
What is the most effective way to load to load test your app? The main point is to determine how many users you could support at a single time with the application still running at a reasonable speed.
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How much attention should I pay to page-load metrics?
My site scores a D in YSlow. How important is it that I get it up to say a B or an A?
I feel the page already loads quickly. I tested it at home on a modest 512k connection and it loaded in an ...
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What is the Google Chrome equivalent to Firebug?
I'm looking for a tool that can:
inspect HTML elements
manage/debug JavaScript
profile performance
modify elements in real-time
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What are the best ways to measure end user web site performance?
I know of a couple tools to measure end user web site performance and I'm wondering what else is out there. The two major ones I know of are yslow and Google's page speed.
