Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This gives us at Smashing Magazine plenty to write about, which is great, though it’s worth reminding ourselves what it’s all in service of. In this third edition of our web design done well series, we’re honing in on the beating heart of many websites: content. Yes, magazine spreads have a certain class about them.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

Adding video to your website immediately adds value, but also a new level of complexity to your web development. That ensures that the video will start playback quickly and is much less likely to stall during playback — no matter the speed of your user’s internet connection. Better Video Streaming With imgix. Doug Sillars.

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Physics and the limits of human perception - Why goalkeepers have trouble stopping long-range shots - Seed Magazine. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Arts & Society.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Django websites involve a lot of files. As if that wasn’t enough already, sometimes users come along and want to upload their own files to your website. One final note is that many libraries for CSS and JavaScript have free CDNs that most websites can use. Philip Kiely. 2020-06-25T12:30:00+00:00. 2020-06-25T15:34:35+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

The world’s first website was made from static HTML files created in a text editor. Fast-forward 30 years, and website technology has changed significantly — we have images, stylesheets, JavaScript, streaming video, AJAX, animation, WebSockets, WebGL, rounded corners in CSS — the list goes on. Mike Neumegen. released 1998.

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Ecommerce Website Government Internet 140

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As is the case with many other developers, the reports over the last few years of the huge energy requirements of the web have prompted me to take a look at my own websites and see what I can do to minimize their impact. But first, a confession: When I first heard about the environmental impact of websites, I didn’t quite believe it.

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Website Energy Internet Internet 136

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

So, if we created an overview of all the things we have to keep in mind when improving performance — from the very start of the process until the final release of the website — what would that list look like? Goal: Be at least 20% faster than your fastest competitor. Image source ). Unless they don't.

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