Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s the newest metric of the bunch and is set to formally be a ranking factor in Google search results beginning in March 2024. This way, you’ll not only have the information you need to read your performance reports come March 2024 but can proactively prepare your website for the change. The results aren’t even close!

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Traffic Metrics Google Monitoring 94

CSS Wizardry

APRIL 22, 2020

One of the more fundamental rules of building fast websites is to optimise your assets, and where text content such as HTML, CSS, and JS are concerned, we’re talking about compression. 21 years later, in 2013, Google launched Brotli, a new algorithm that claims even greater improvement than Gzip! decrease in file-size. Okay, yeah.

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Latency Servers Website Speed 269

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Google's Search App and Facebook's various apps for Android undermine these choices in slightly different ways. [3] Developers also suffer higher costs and reduced opportunities to escape Google, Facebook, and Apple's walled gardens. Et Tu, Google? #. For a browser to serve as the user's agent, it must also receive navigations.

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MachMetrics

APRIL 15, 2020

Using a page speed optimization audit tool like GTmetrix or WebPageTest is a great first step towards assessing how your website loads for visitors. However, you may be making one of the common page speed testing mistakes that often cost website owners engagement, and ultimately, revenue. Mistake #1: Only Testing Desktop.

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Speed Testing Website Mobile 88

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

If you are designing an app or a website, you can test how easy and intuitive it is to complete a specific task, fill out a form, find certain information, or buy a product. They used eye-tracking to measure visual attention on banners, animated graphics, and navigational tools in websites. Eye-Tracking Evolution.

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Mobile Website Hardware Social Media 111

KeyCDN

APRIL 16, 2020

You could spend time writing your own code for this simple addition to your website, or you could use a code that someone else has already written. In fact, some estimates put jQuery usage at about 50% of the websites out there. Blockly A Google created web based visual programming editor.

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Website Games Open Source Code 60

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Writing a hand-spun analytics tracking dashboard isn’t what my clients really want to pay me for, so I’ll drop in the ol’ Google Analytics script and maybe never think of it again. There are self-hosted alternatives to Google Analytics, after all. Bend Google Tag Manager To Your Will Or any tag manager, for that matter.

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Google Analytics Traffic Metrics 90

O'Reilly

JANUARY 6, 2020

The former group builds tools, frameworks, languages, and platforms; the latter group connects things and builds websites, mobile apps, and the like. And don’t discount the role gaming could play. These two types of programmers have always existed, mixing fluidly. We just haven’t recognized the distinction, and that’s going to change.

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Programming Artificial Intelligence Education Games 98

Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Nobody frames it precisely this way; instead they'll say, if WebKit weren't mandated, Chromium would take over , or Google would dominate the web if not for the WebKit restriction. The New York Times reported in late 2020 that Google now pays Apple between $8-12 billion per year , up from $1 billion in 2014. And that's a choice. "WebKit

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Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

High Scalability

JUNE 22, 2018

Each drone is rated with a game mechanic and gets special privileges based on performance (just kidding). Setting aside the network quality & performance, which is objectively superior with Google, outside of GCE almost every other GCP product is offered as a managed service. Do you like this sort of Stuff?

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Internet Internet Scalability Artificial Intelligence 113

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The conclusion was overwhelming: not only was Declarative Shadow DOM now in heavy demand by the community, but it would also make websites much faster. Google's security teams audited the colossal volume of user-generated content Google hosts for problems and did not find significant concerns. Regardless, Safari 16.4

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Energy Games Engineering Design 79

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is one of Google's Core Web Vitals , so it's been getting a lot of attention lately. Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is another one of Google's Core Web vitals. The three metrics above – CLS, FID, and TBT – are all part of Google's Core Web Vitals. > Long Tasks (Synthetic and RUM).

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Performance Metrics Benchmarking Google 134

Testsigma

APRIL 13, 2022

Websites devoting their spaces to sections especially to download their mobile apps denotes how important mobile applications are for businesses. If your mobile app is some arcade game security testing is probably of a minimum priority. For example, once a popup’s cross icon went out of the viewport while I was visiting the website.

Mobile 52

Mobile Social Media Testing Media 52

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Visit website 2. Visit website 3. Visit website 4. Visit website 5. Visit website 6. Visit website 7. Visit website 8. Visit website 9. HTML5 Doctor HTML5 Doctor covers many of the features and topics that you might have missed when moving from HTML to HTML5.

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Development Website Design Code 75

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

I wanted to simulate a slow connection like those experienced by users in Uzbekistan, to see what kind of experience websites would give me. I installed ModHeader and set the ‘Save-Data’ header to let websites know I want to minimise my data usage. Google Homepage — DOM. Google Dev Docs. Large preview ).

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Cache Google Mobile Network 96

Official Blog - World Web Technology

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

They are pre-written codes that allow you to build robust, interactive websites and apps, especially when you hire dedicated developers. is well-suited for building real-time applications, which include online gaming, collaborative tools and chat applications. It’s important to note that Node.js What is AngularJS?

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Development Virtualization Open Source Architecture 52

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It has never been easier to build a personalized website, digitalize a product and start seeing results. 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. Webpage performance test report for the Smashing Magazine website. Large preview ).

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Media Cache Website Mobile 105

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

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 project until the final release of the website — what would that look like? Run performance experiments and measure outcomes — both on mobile and on desktop (for example, with Google Analytics ).

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Google DevTools console can give you real-time feedback to help you trace the source of errors, and you can set handlers to automate exception data collection. Source: Google Keep in mind that not all code errors are noticeable to users. Every website or app should provide a way for users to report bugs.

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Strategy Monitoring Website Google 67

Testsigma

MARCH 24, 2021

2020, a new game called FAU-G was released on the Google play store. The game currently offers a single playing mode that just includes Melee weapons and boxing, which is something very basic for the year 2021. Android’s official application store, the Google play store, hosts 2.87 So, a device with a 6.1-inch

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Testing Mobile Games 52

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

An Android tablet, set up for toddler streaming and gaming. These are big numbers, and if considered part of the tablet market, since they are touch-first, mostly Android machines, Google would own over 70% of that. Large preview ). Very often, however, what our gut instinct tells us and what “everyone knows” is flat wrong.

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Mobile Design Internet Internet 103

Testsigma

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In the summer of 2019, British Airways faced a technical issue on its website. This is the impact of a small website issue on an enterprise and reminds us that even the slightest mistake is unaffordable. When the world was locked down inside their homes, the only thing that connected people with an enterprise is their website.

Testing 52

Testing Website Small Business Internet 52

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 17, 2019

This speeds up page loading times, increases website storage capabilities, and allows web pages to be accessed even in low speed areas. Here are some of the qualities that make the AV1 image file format a potential game changer: It supports transparency, HDR, wide colour gamut and all of the things that the AV1 codec does.

Media 43

Media Internet Internet Speed 43

Alex Russell

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In through eagle-eyed press coverage, regulatory reports, and legal discovery the shady dealings of Apple and Google's app stores are now comprehensively documented. It has gone largely unreported that Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), have been held back by Apple and Google denying competing browsers access to essential APIs. [2]

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Google Mobile Games Strategy 93

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

However, at the end of 2020, about 1% of websites included a Service Worker, and 2.2% As PWAs work in browsers, they have web pages with URLs that work just like any other website (be it launched on a desktop or mobile device). The pages can be crawled, indexed, and ranked, as it happens with regular websites. Large preview ).

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Code Cache Retail Mobile 74

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 19, 2017

A series of GET requests from an in-house server can’t possibly replicate what actually happens when a website sees a sudden increase in users from all over the world. EveryStep currently offers a choice of over 42 browser emulations – everything from Chrome and Internet Explorer to iPhone, Google Nexus, and Samsung Galaxy.

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Performance Testing Testing Performance Virtualization 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

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? Adjust the argument depending on the group of stakeholders you are speaking to. Image source ).

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Meanwhile, most of the websites don’t seem to be SPAs. Developers can get help from the Preact documentation and official website examples to kick-start your application development. Angular JS, released in 2010 by Google, is the best React Js alternative to build mobile , desktop, and web applications. Source: [link].

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Open Source Mobile Entertainment Virtualization 52

Official Blog - World Web Technology

MARCH 16, 2023

You can play games online, you can order your food, shop, consult a doctor, and also find your partner online. For example, there are food ordering websites, but mobile apps bring more convenience and comfort. Another report from Statista revealed that Google Play Store receives 100,000+ new apps monthly.

Development 52

Development Mobile Artificial Intelligence Design 52

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.

Performance 103

Performance Cache Metrics Network 103

Tim Kadlec

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The element allows developers to dynamically draw onto a blank ‘canvas’ in a website. In addition, you can twist IE’s arm a bit thanks to Google and Mozilla. Google has created ExplorerCanvas , a script that allows your canvas scripts to work in IE. Currently, you can find support for it in Firefox (version 1.5

Games 40

Games Google Website Technology 40

Tim Kadlec

JULY 31, 2013

On the first of Yahoo’s guiding principles: First is availability — this is the bedrock of building a website. If the site’s not available to people, game over, we might as well not even bother. If they’re using a screen reader, I want to make sure that they’re having the best possible experience with all of our websites.

Google 40

Google Website Hardware Games 40

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The risks embedded in these deep-wetware effects, and their cross-origin implications, mean that your website's success is partially a function of the health of the commons. Sadly, data on latency is harder to get, even from Google's perch, so progress there is somewhat more difficult to judge.

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Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

It always starts with the long-awaited website overhaul. After the latest redesign in late 2017, it was Ilya Pukhalski on the JavaScript side of things (part-time), Michael Riethmueller on the CSS side of things (a few hours a week), and yours truly, playing mind games with critical CSS and trying to juggle a few too many things.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Mobile Network 145

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Within a fixed layout set to 100vh , the bottom part of the website content is stuck behind the browser chrome, making it inaccessible when scrolling is prevented. For example, in a fixed height mobile menu or a single page app or game trying to fill no more than the available viewport height. Cumulative Layout Shift.

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Design Availability Mobile Website 145

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

Google Fonts. Google Sheets sync. The plugin supports copy and paste from Excel, Google sheet, Numbers and it also can sync with Google Sheets and remote JSON. Google Fonts Pairings for Figma. If you use Google Fonts, Google Font Pairings can come in handy, too. Also, take a look at the other.

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Google Design Code Mobile 145

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As a trend, it’s not performing well on Google; it shows little long-term growth, if any, and gets nowhere near as many searches as terms like “Observability” and “Generative Adversarial Networks.” Hyperautomation may just be another ploy in the game of buzzword bingo, but we need to look behind the game to discover what’s important.

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