SpeedCurve is now part of Embrace! Since 2013, we've helped companies of all kinds – from Amazon to Zillow – monitor and improve their site speed and UX.
SpeedCurve has been acquired by @embracemobile! We’re combining forces to connect performance, reliability, and user experience across web and mobile apps.
Our founder @MarkZeman shares how our 12-year journey led us here: speedcurve.com/blog/performa…
Set a client up with @SpeedCurve and we’re custom-capturing some more high-fidelity Network and Device information. When people say ‘You users could be in the middle of a field!’, most of theirs actually are.
A must-read on web performance & conversion rates from the @SpeedCurve team:
🧊 The longer the page froze, the more conversions tanked.
📉 At 4s , it plateaued - most users likely closed the tab entirely.
Speed isn’t just UX, it can make or break business.
I’m toying around with @SpeedCurve’s Compare feature. @csswizardry.com readers who are served faster pages are far more likely to paginate to a new article and far less likely to bounce.
The gulf between localhost, synthetic testing, and real users is pretty hard to reconcile. But, @__treo for Core Web Vitals only (real users), and @SpeedCurve for everything (synthetic and real users). Also, this deck might help: speakerdeck.com/csswizardry/…
The User Happiness score aggregates a number of key #webperf and #ux metrics to give you an at-a-glance understanding of how many "happy" versus "unhappy" page views your site delivered.
Here's how it's calculated: support.speedcurve.com/docs/…
Real User Monitoring (RUM) is a game changer when understanding how real people experience your website.
This screenshot from @SpeedCurve shows just how valuable RUM can be — it highlights real-time metrics like:
✅ Largest Contentful Paint
✅ Interaction to Next Paint
✅ Cumulative Layout Shift
…and how they directly impact user happiness.
Notice that only 43% of users were truly happy with the performance. There’s a huge opportunity for improvement, potentially boosting conversion rates and user retention.
Tools like SpeedCurve help us go beyond lab data and dive into what’s happening in the wild.
Better performance = better UX = better business
Let me know if you're using RUM in your performance workflow?
#WebPerformance#UX#SpeedCurve#RUM#UserExperience#Frontend#CoreWebVitals#ConversionRateOptimization
ALT Screenshot of the SpeedCurve RUM (Real User Monitoring) tool showing real-time web performance metrics. At the top, a “User Happiness” indicator is divided into three colors: green for “Happy” (43%), yellow for “Okay” (44%), and red for “Unhappy” (13%). Below are three line charts with key performance metrics:
1. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): Average of 3.03 seconds, with varying peaks between 5:10 pm and 5:35 pm.
2. Interaction to Next Paint (INP): Average of 324 milliseconds, with fluctuations shown in red and orange throughout the same time period.
3. Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS): Constant value of 0, with green charts showing intermittent spikes but no final accumulation.
Each chart includes a trend line overlaid on vertical bars representing the distribution over time.
The next edition of the Performance Matters newsletter is queued up for delivery next week, and it is PACKED with #webperf and #UX goodness!
It's not too late to sign up and join our 15,500 subscribers. (I promise we will not spam you!)
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If the holiday season has crept up on you, fear not! There's still a lot you can do to keep your site fast – and your users happy – through the holidays and beyond. @cliffcrocker shares 10 things you can do before your holiday code freeze.
speedcurve.com/blog/2024-hol…#webperf#UX
I talk with a LOT of companies. What do the fastest sites have in common? They use performance budgets to prevent regressions and deliver a consistently fast #UX.
What's a #webperf budget? This guide covers everything you need to know to get started.
speedcurve.com/web-performan…
It's not enough to focus on Core Web Vitals numbers. You need to drill down & find the root causes of poor #webperf & #UX.
🟦 Identify problem pages
🟨 Pinpoint problem page elements
🟩 Get full diagnostics so you know HOW to fix issues
speedcurve.com/blog/new-core…#corewebvitals
Is TTFB a hot new metric? No.
Is it a key #webperf metric for tracking responsiveness? YES! Slow TTFB virtually guarantees your site will deliver a poor #UX. Bonus: It's widely available across browsers!
@tkadlec explains how to diagnose TTFB issues...
speedcurve.com/web-performan…
NEW: Our latest release includes a huge upgrade for your Vitals dashboard!
😀 Backend Time & FCP added to Vitals
😀 More charts & visuals to help you quickly find & fix issues that affect Vitals
😀 Consistent filters across ALL dashboards
speedcurve.com/blog/new-core…#webperf#ux
If you're planning to attend @SmashingConf NY next week, this is an amazing chance to learn from one of my all-time favourite #webperf people, @tkadlec. Spaces are limited, so register for this lunch session ASAP!
Hello #SmashingConf NY folks! Be sure to sign up for this FREE lunch session with Tim Kadlec (@tkadlec).
Tim will give a tour of new #webperf metrics how to use them to home in on which optimizations will make your pages faster (and which ones won't).
smashingconf.com/ny-2024/lun…
Hello #SmashingConf NY folks! Be sure to sign up for this FREE lunch session with Tim Kadlec (@tkadlec).
Tim will give a tour of new #webperf metrics how to use them to home in on which optimizations will make your pages faster (and which ones won't).
smashingconf.com/ny-2024/lun…