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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

Speed Curve

In the fourteen years that I've been working in the web performance industry, I've done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. In fairness, that was in the early 2000s, and site speed was barely on anyone's radar.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

Yet, we wanted to put together our list of the top web performance books for anyone who cares about speed of the web and would like to explore the timeline of web performance engineering milestones over nearly two decades through the lens of published books. Web Performance In Action. Designing for Performance.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

However, as long as there is no established endorsement of the performance culture, each decision will turn into a battlefield of departments, breaking up the organization into silos. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights or Page Speed Insights API (no, it isn’t deprecated!), Start Render time, Speed Index ).

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

However, as long as there is no established endorsement of the performance culture, each decision will turn into a battlefield of departments, breaking up the organization into silos. Without a strong alignment between dev/design and business/marketing teams, performance isn’t going to sustain long-term. Large preview ).