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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

What do these findings mean in web performance terms? When dealing with application delays, it is possible that people can develop coping strategies that allow them to maintain productivity in the short term. Web stress" is measurable When websites perform poorly, we react badly. But the missing ingredient here is flow.

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World’s Top Web Performance Leaders To Watch

Rigor

Patrick created the popular open source WebPageTest web performance measurement tool, runs the free instance of it at WebPageTest , and can frequently be found in its forums helping site owners understand and improve their website performance. Addy Osmani. Addy Osmani. Applications.