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Optimizing Video For Size And Quality

Smashing Magazine

A video with large dimensions or a high bitrate will take longer to download and will require a higher speed network to play back smoothly. This leads to longer startup times, and if the network cannot supply the video fast enough, the video will stall during video playback. There is a solution though! Large preview ).

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Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

That’s right; I’ve parked day-to-day design work in favor of becoming someone very active in the design community, focusing on best practice design advice and scalable systems. Prioritize Networking Over Pushing Pixels. Prioritize networking over pushing pixels. I now find myself working as a Designer Advocate at Figma.

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Don’t Sink Your Website With Third Parties

Smashing Magazine

In this case, we are not going to be talking about infrastructure services, such as a cloud computing platform like Microsoft Azure or a content distribution network like Akamai. And JavaScript can certainly make requests for additional network resources. Sometimes, the visitor’s browser itself can be the origin of network activity.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled 3G network (e.g. Moto G4) on a slow 3G network, emulated at 400ms RTT and 400kbps transfer speed. 300ms RTT, 1.6 Mbps down, 0.8

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

Smashing Magazine

If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled 3G network (e.g. To make the performance impact more visible, you could even introduce 2G Tuesdays or set up a throttled 3G/4G network in your office for faster testing. 300ms RTT, 1.6 Mbps down, 0.8