Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Total Blocking Time One thing I know would be more helpful than a set of Core Web Vitals scores from Lighthouse is knowing the time it takes to go from the First Contentful Paint (FCP) to the Time to Interactive (TTI), a metric known as the Total Blocking Time (TBT). You can see that Lighthouse does indeed provide that metric.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

In previous articles from this series, we’ve covered auditing CSS codebase health and the incremental CSS refactoring strategy , testing, and maintenance. In this article, we’re going to cover CSS optimization strategies that can optimize CSS file size, loading times, and render performance. Adrian Bece. 2021-08-30T10:00:00+00:00.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

However, there are quite a few high-profile case studies exploring the impact of mobile optimization on key business metrics. Driving Business Metrics. For a while, Flipkart adopted an app-only strategy and temporarily shut down its mobile website altogether. Testing the Smashing Magazine website on different devices.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Better tooling and metrics standardization. Moreover, the industry has primarily standardized on Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV) performance metrics, and monitoring them is now integrated into services such as the Google Search Console. But which metrics should be measured in order to determine website performance?

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Moreover, Garten-und-Freizeit, a German e-commerce store that sells furniture, saw an amazing improvement in their metrics after getting a PWA. Push notifications are crucial for a strong customer retention strategy, as friendly non-irritating reminders can bring clients back into the funnel. Image credit: Garten-und-Freizeit.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

In this three-part series , we are going to go through the CSS refactor process from the beginning to the end, starting with knowledge on how to approach it and some general pros and cons of refactoring, then moving onto the refactoring strategies themselves and ending with some general best practices on CSS file size and performance.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webpage performance test report for the Smashing Magazine website. Images are crucial elements for performance and UX, and data extracted from Core Web Vitals metrics such as Largest Contentful Paint , which attempts to identify the most important piece of the above-the-fold content on a given page, proves this. Large preview ).

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

And that sort of segues into the metrics portion of cams, right, is what are the things that we are tracking in our systems to know that they are operating efficiently? And one of the common sort of pitfalls of metrics is we look for errors instead of verifying success. Jeff: Absolutely. Let’s see if the alert clears. .”

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

However, having a performance budget as a standalone metric might not be of much help. Anyone with a web presence would appreciate the relationship between the effect of various performance measures on business metrics. However, determining the right content to deliver depends on both your business strategy and site performance. “A

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

The header is constructed via a name with an optional description and/or metric value. Web browsers expose a global Performance Timeline API to inspect details about specific metrics/events that have happened during the page lifecycle. What service worker strategy for this request type is being used? Jump to table of contents ?.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

In this article, we will review what third-party resource requests are, consider how impactful they can be to the user experience, and discuss common optimization strategies to reduce the impact on the user experience. Even if you cannot prevent all third-party requests, web designers can make choices that will have an impact.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Many of them are covered in CSS-Tricks’ helpful overview , and Smashing Magazine offers a great PDF checklist. Several metrics centre on the time after which users can interact with the page. Some resources that helped a lot were the great articles here on Smashing Magazine about the magazine’s own improvements.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

This metric is a little difficult to comprehend, so here’s an example: if the average cost of broadband packages in a country is $22, and the average download speed offered by the packages is 10 Mbps, then the cost ‘per megabit per month’ would be $2.20. For reference, the metric is $1.19 in the UK and $1.26 in the USA.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

Image source: Lighthouse Metrics ) ( Large preview ). A big JavaScript bundle might seem out of place on a magazine that merely publishes articles, but actually, there is plenty of scripting happening behind the scenes. You, dear readers, seem to visit a number of articles on Smashing Magazine. This is where we started.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Relying only on high-level metrics is very dangerous because these could be skewed by a plethora of factors (such as unrealistic network emulation, a lack of features on clients or servers, only partial HTTP/3 usage, etc.). There is no need to change your bundling or inlining strategy, nor to consolidate or shard your server farm.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

Some of the biggest size savings and performance improvements can come through a better image optimization strategy. Packed with useful tips and techniques , the book has a sharp focus on practical application and longevity of your image optimization strategies. Which metrics should you focus on to improve the user experience?

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Smashing Magazine

APRIL 28, 2021

Some of the biggest size savings and performance improvements can come through a better image optimization strategy. Packed with useful tips and techniques , the book has a sharp focus on practical application and longevity of your image optimization strategies. Which metrics should you focus on to improve the user experience?

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

LogRocket tracks key metrics, incl. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics Performance culture, Core Web Vitals, performance profiles, CrUX, Lighthouse, FID, TTI, CLS, devices. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. DOM complete, time to first byte, first input delay, client CPU and memory usage. Get a free trial of LogRocket today.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Table Of Contents. Quick Wins.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. Getting Ready: Planning And Metrics. 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. Table Of Contents. Setting Realistic Goals. Defining The Environment.

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