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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, both real and virtual. The internet may change, and web pages may grow and evolve, but user expectations are constant. Let's start with a wide-angle look at how we humans handle waiting, in all its forms. How do we perceive wait times? Short answer: Poorly.

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Top Frontend Frameworks to use in 2022

Enprowess

This can provide near native functionality and user experience while being able to function without an active internet connection. React got popular due to the virtual document object model (DOM) which enables it to enhance performance of web apps and PWA significantly. It is being actively developed by Facebook and volunteers.

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Eye-Tracking In Mobile UX Research

Smashing Magazine

In the late 1990s, marketing and advertising agencies saw the potential of eye-tracking for the Internet and started using the technology to analyze how people consume content online. For instance, Nielsen’s research conducted in 2006 showed that people read content on the Internet in an F-shaped pattern.

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Sharing Data Among Multiple Servers Through AWS S3

Smashing Magazine

Note: It makes sense to use S3 as the cloud object storage solution only if we also use Amazon’s service for virtual servers on the cloud, EC2 , for running the application. Otherwise, the user may have to wait extra seconds from uploading/downloading an image to/from a distant location. this->s3Client) { // Create an S3Client.

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