MachMetrics

JANUARY 16, 2020

Make no mistake, this is a key step to take and should absolutely be a part of your web design/development routine. His article in the Web Performance Calendar, The ugly truth about optimizing beautiful images , explores a few case studies and offers some solutions as well. We’re no exception. Further analysis.

Speed 89

Speed Website Metrics Cache 89

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

At the same time, they open a door to lots of concepts that might be overwhelming: PRPL, RAIL, Paint Timing API, TTI, HTTP/2, Speed Index, Priority Hints and more … Why Performance doesn’t get Prioritized Web performance at organizations is a real challenge. Lots of case studies where changes in performance led to key metric improvement.

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Performance Speed Google Media 237

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2018

Designing For Micro-Moments. Designing For Micro-Moments. A couple of years ago, Google announced a new mobile-first initiative it wanted web designers and marketers to pick up on. In Myriam Jessier’s " Things Designers Should Know About SEO In 2018 ", she sums up Google’s four micro-moments: “I want to know.”. “I

Design 62

Design Google Website Small Business 62

Highly Scalable

AUGUST 14, 2012

In this article I describe a technique we used to speed up a Pig build from 9 hours to 1 hour 30 minutes using 6 Jenkins nodes. This technique is generic and can be considered as a general way to speed up maven or ant builds on Jenkins CI server or other CI systems. Solution Overview. Basically, the problem boils down to the following.

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Speed Testing Java Lambda 100

MachMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

We recently did a case study on how Target could make their site 3 seconds faster , but Target will likely never get their site fully loaded in 2 seconds. Modern design often calls for large “hero” images, video backgrounds, and gifs, all of which are large taxes on bandwidth. Craigslist. Continue The Classics.

Website 57

Website Speed Google Cache 57

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 20, 2020

If you are a current user of our product, or if you are a designer, developer, or content creator with your own clients, we invite you to apply to our affiliate program and earn 50% of the monthly fee for each user you refer. So how do you begin to generate this passive income and help others improve the speed of their websites?

Programming 57

Programming Speed Website Monitoring 57

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Using responsive images is a key part of delivering fully responsive web design. Twitter’s Image Pipeline (Case Study). +. This case study focuses on the different steps that Twitter has taken to load images faster while ensuring they are as impactful as intended. Responsive Images. +. Get the eBook.

Media 105

Media Cache Google Best Practices 105

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Using responsive images is a key part of delivering fully responsive web design. Twitter’s Image Pipeline (Case Study). +. This case study focuses on the different steps that Twitter has taken to load images faster while ensuring they are as impactful as intended. Designed by Espen Brunborg and Nadia Snopek.

Media 92

Media Cache Google Best Practices 92

Dynatrace

AUGUST 29, 2019

Even analysts like Forrester who wrote a non-commissioned case study on our successful transformation. ” So, we began designing a repeatable solution to this challenge, represented in our ACM methodology below. Over time, our story resonated with our customers, partners. It got us thinking: “Why is that?”

Cloud 142

Cloud DevOps Strategy Monitoring 142

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The emergence of DevOps and continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) pipelines has fundamentally changed the nature of software design, development, and deployment. Speeds up development. OpenShift, DevOps, and CI/CD. OpenShift incorporates all the tools necessary to manage the underlying nodes and control plane.

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Monitoring DevOps Infrastructure Metrics 147

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

At the same time, they open a door to lots of concepts that might be overwhelming: PRPL, RAIL, Paint Timing API, TTI, HTTP/2, Speed Index, Priority Hints and more …. UI/UX : There is usually a designer and/or UX person that sets the look & feel and information architecture. Ideally, shoot for 30% speed improvements.

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Performance Speed Google Media 130

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

While many of us, designers and developers, are likely to have a relatively new mobile phone in our pockets, a vast majority of our customers isn’t quite like us. However, there are quite a few high-profile case studies exploring the impact of mobile optimization on key business metrics. State Of Mobile 2021. Large preview ).

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Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 133

Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What you can do: Monitor the speed of your third parties. Case study > Marks & Spencer revolutionized performance by focusing on third party content. They solve a myriad of design problems, from browser compatibility to design maintenance and updating. Read > UX focus for third parties. Stylesheets.

Retail 40

Retail Performance Metrics Analytics 40

Speed Curve

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Fighting regressions should be the top priority of anyone who cares about the speed of their site. Run A/B tests on design and code variations With synthetic monitoring, it's super easy to benchmark not only your site versus a competitor's, but also variations of your own URLs. This can help you quickly triangulate – and fix!

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Metrics Website Monitoring 62

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s practically an eternity when talking about page speed performance. Meet Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces , Steven Hoober’s brand-new guide on designing for mobile with proven, universal, human-centric guidelines. Here’s how we are approaching it. 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices.

Media 73

Media Metrics Mobile Best Practices 73

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

These pages serve as a pivotal tool in our digital marketing strategy, not only providing valuable information about our services but also designed to be easily discoverable through search engines. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) LCP measures the perceived load speed of a webpage from a user’s perspective. SEO is key to our success.

Performance 74

Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Case Study: Image Component In A Jamstack Site. Web performance refers to the speed at which a website loads, how fast it’s downloaded, and how an app is displayed on the user’s browser. The change of design. Why Image Optimization Is So Important For A Jamstack Site? Fixes To Common Problems. Conclusion.

Media 105

Media Cache Website Mobile 105

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

We have supported the development of technology skills across the region with Training and Certification programs to help customers develop skills to design, deploy, and operate their infrastructure and applications on the AWS Cloud. One story from the Middle East I particularly like is flydubai, the leading low-cost airline in the region.

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Cloud Education Energy Government 154

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

You’ve spent months putting together a great website design, crowd-pleasing content, and a business plan to bring it all together. You’ve focused on making the web design responsive to ensure that the widest audience of visitors can access your content. You’ve agonized over design patterns and usability. Ken Harker.

Website 131

Website Design Network Best Practices 131

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Individual pages can be spot checked via the CrUX API or tools such as Page Speed Insights But as Cliff's already covered in How to find (and fix!) Could the design of the interaction be changed to avoid it? > He shared a case study where they replaced over 50,000 lines of JavaScript with native HTML and CSS features.

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Analytics Processing Google Mobile 92

Speed Curve

JUNE 24, 2019

A while back, our friends at Shopify published this great case study , showing how they optimized one of their newer themes from the ground up – and how they worked to keep it fast. Build a performance culture that embraces collaboration between design and dev. Speed Index (synthetic only): 4 seconds recommended.

Performance 78

Performance Best Practices Metrics Mobile 78

Speed Curve

JANUARY 31, 2018

Case studies are an awesome way to do this, which is why I've been helping curate WPOstats , a vendor-neutral directory of performance case studies. Case studies are a great way to convert performance skeptics. Case studies from other companies are compelling, but using your own data is even more compelling.

Performance 40

Performance Metrics Traffic Monitoring 40

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Bainbridge believed that automation designers were in denial about this, however. As she saw it, designers approached the problem of automation as if the human factor were not , in fact, a factor. These are just a few of the questions a designer must anticipate and control for. RPA Don’ts.

Processing 83

Processing Programming Virtualization Technology 83

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Application leaders for digital commerce technologies must plan for PWAs when designing digital commerce experiences”. Based on the data provided by divante ’s findings on 30 PWA case studies, progressive web apps have a 36% larger mobile conversion rate than native applications. The Design Gives Ground For Utmost Usability.

Code 74

Code Cache Retail Mobile 74

Smashing Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

You can also disable the Back/Forward Cache in Chrome at chrome://flags/#back-forward-cache if you want to experiment more, but the above steps should hopefully be a sufficient enough test to give a rough feel for the potential speed gains. Though, personally, I am glad they did since it was an interesting case study.

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Cache Games Performance Website 91

Tasktop

AUGUST 26, 2020

The velocity of delivery, the stability of operations and the speed of end-user feedback loops must be at the forefront of any discussions between IT and business leadership and management. Download case study. Capable of using real-time metrics to test hypotheses for data-driven continuous improvement across key value streams.

Healthcare 64

Healthcare Automotive Logistics Metrics 64

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it matters, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about.

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Performance Cache Metrics Network 103

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Tim Kadlec

MAY 14, 2015

In addition, we have numerous case studies showing that improved performance improves engagement. What I find interesting is the emphasis on speed. There are a few interesting interactive features, but speed is the selling point here. Alas, I was not invited.

Performance 56

Performance Website Mobile Energy 56

Speed Curve

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Responsive Web Design (RWD) is now a well established technique yet it’s adoption is still surprisingly low. Case study: the new responsive Guardian site. There are great tools available to monitor the actual in browser speed and benchmark your site against others. Source: SpeedCurve.

Performance 60

Performance Mobile Website Benchmarking 60

Rigor

MAY 29, 2019

Cliff Crocker is an active contributor in the web performance community, evangelizing the importance of speed as it relates to user behavior and ultimately business ROI. People get that you can’t work with a static mockup or design or prototype. Create case studies. People get that performance IS user experience.

Performance 40

Performance Education Engineering Monitoring 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

We were designing and building things, setting up new products, refactoring the components, and publishing articles. We chose to focus specifically on slow mobile devices — with slow 3G, 400ms RTT and 400kbps transfer speed, just to be on the pessimistic side of things. Image source: Lighthouse Metrics ) ( Large preview ).

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Performance Cache Mobile Network 145

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piecing together a website using a WYSIWYG editor and seeing the code it generated was a fascinating and educational experience that sparked an initial interest in web design. In Designing The Perfect Navigation , Vitaly will explore 100s of practical examples of better mega-dropdowns , hamburgers, carousels, modals and filters.

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Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139