Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

These days, with mobile traffic accounting for over 50% of web traffic , it’s fair to assume that the very first encounter of your prospect customers with your brand will happen on a mobile device. Mobile Web Testing. So, with all the challenges in the mobile space, how, then, do we test on mobile? LT Browser in action.

Mobile 134

Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 134

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Next, we’ll look at how to set up servers and clients (that’s the hard part unless you’re using a content delivery network (CDN)). Finally, we’ll see which tools you can use to evaluate the performance impact of the new protocols (that’s the almost impossible part, at least for now). Servers and Networks. Network Configuration.

Network 105

Network Servers Cache Traffic 105

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Total Blocking Time (TBT) is a good proxy for FID when using a testing tool without any direct user interaction, but also keep an eye on Time to Interactive (TTI) when looking at FID. These tools run page loads on simulated networks and devices and then tell you what the metrics were for that test run.

Google 140

Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 140

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. Testing And Monitoring Auditing workflow, proxy browsers, 404 page, GDPR cookie consent prompts, performance diagnostics CSS, accessibility. You can create your own on Chrome UX Dashboard. Large preview ). Large preview ). 300ms RTT, 1.6

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled network (e.g. To make the performance impact more visible, you could even introduce 2G Tuesdays or set up a throttled 3G network in your office for faster testing. 150ms RTT, 1.5 Mbps down, 0.7

Performance 104

Performance Cache Network Metrics 104

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

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

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145