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Smashing Magazine
MARCH 19, 2021
Ironically, at the moment of publishing that article in late February, we still had floating labels used in most of our forms, and we wanted to explore if removing them would actually help us improve the overall experience on the site. On February 19th, most of our articles landed in the red zone. Floating Labels Are Gone.
Smashing Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2022
In this article, we’ll explore some of the ways that we as individuals can use our skills to have a positive environmental impact within a digital organization. One of the first hurdles to implementing sustainable practices within an organization (or on a project) is convincing stakeholders that it is worth the investment. With approx.
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Smashing Magazine
MARCH 7, 2022
In my last article , I suggested using the SaveData API to deliver a different, more performant, experience to users that expressed that desire. In this article, I want to spend a bit more time on this, and also look at other signals we can similarly use to help us make decisions on what to load on our websites. Barry Pollard.
CSS Wizardry
MARCH 3, 2019
The best request is the one that never happens: in the fight for fast websites, avoiding the network is far better than hitting the network at all. That being said, more and more often in my work I see lots of opportunities being left on the table through unconsidered or even completely overlooked caching practices. Cache-Control.
Smashing Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2021
Testing And Monitoring Auditing workflow, proxy browsers, 404 page, GDPR cookie consent prompts, performance diagnostics CSS, accessibility. This knowledge will give you the best optimization target for ongoing efforts. Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. Quick Wins.
Smashing Magazine
JULY 29, 2019
This article is part of a series in which I attempt to use the web under various constraints, representing a given demographic of user. Inlining, uglifying and minifying assets is all well and good, but the best performance comes from not sending down the assets in the first place. I Used The Web For A Day On A 50 MB Budget.
Smashing Magazine
MAY 17, 2021
It wasn’t long before a sea of red “poor” and yellow “needs improvement” notices in our Google Search Console needed our attention. We try to follow best practice by serving as much as we can over a CDN, avoiding as many third-party scripts as possible, and using simple SVG graphics instead of bitmap PNGs. It wasn’t enough.
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