Great Tips For Fast Webs
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19 May 2015
Debounce? Pshh… Try our new jQuery plugin: DoubleDribble.js
$.dbldrbl = function(fn, n){
return function() {
while(n--){ fn() }
}
}
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19 May 2015
Sure, animated gifs might be larger than video, but they're also more battery/cpu intensive and lower quality.
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1 May 2015
Fast By Association™
Load iframes of fast websites into the body of your website, and people will associate your site with the fast ones.
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15 Feb 2015
Roses are slow.
Violets are slow.
Sorry this is a day late.
408 Request Timeout.
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24 Oct 2014
Enable SSLv3 exclusively on your app so you can still have a green lock, but browsers have an easier time reading the plain text.
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17 Jun 2014
Save expensive computations for when the user isn't engaging with application, like during a scroll or primary content load.
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17 Jun 2014
Set element.viscosity to below 0.5 for faster reflows.
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17 Jun 2014
server {
listen 443;
rewrite ^ http://$server_name$request_uri?;
}
https take *so* *long*. Simply redirect it to http.
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17 Jun 2014
Use the new ServiceWorkers to add a small amount of latency to each request. This shows users that the servers are "really working hard."
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31 Mar 2014
Remove the 'skip intro' link on your homepage to save precious bytes across the wire.
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31 Mar 2014
The root URL of your app should allow you to select the minified or unminified version so the user can choose between speed and verbosity.
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31 Mar 2014
More like Content Delivery Net-DOESNT-work, amirite?!
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