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Real user monitoring vs. synthetic monitoring: Understanding best practices

Dynatrace

However, not all user monitoring systems are created equal. In some cases, you will lack benchmarking capabilities. For example, the ability to test against a wireless provider in a remote area. What is real user monitoring? RUM works best only when people actively visit the application, website, or services.

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Have You Tested Your App Performance & Capacity Recently?

Apica

Global consumers have high expectations for seamless access via wireless and mobile networks, regardless of their location and the complex, technological components underneath. Load and stress-testing benchmark goals for the backend technological components. User scenarios specifically expected to have high-loads.

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

These compiled systems for letters and symbols, which are representations of sounds and information, get a lot of use and are a large part of graphic communication. Fast forward to the early 1960s, phototypesetting systems appeared. Instead, we need to address multiple factors within the design system. Large preview ).