The Official Guide to HTML5 Boilerplate
Submitted by matt 7 days ago (more from net.tutsplus.com)In this screencast, Paul Irish meticulously reviews each page, and then further goes on to explain why and when you would use each snippet in your projects. The product of years of learning, this video is not to be missed! Even if you have no intention of using this template, you’ll still learn an array of helpful techniques.
Top 10 Client-Side Performance Problems in Web 2.0
Submitted by matt 15 days ago (more from blog.dynatrace.com)The Top 10 Client-Side performance problems in Web 2.0 applications I’ve seen when working with our dynaTrace AJAX Edition users. Tools such as dynaTrace AJAX Edition or Google Speed Tracer allow analyzing these blank spots that block further network downloads as they analyze JavaScript execution, DOM access and Rendering activity in the browser while loading a page
17 Very Useful Free Online Typography Tools
Submitted by matt 20 days ago (more from dzineblog.com)For everyday font-related tasks there are online type tools and using these tools, you can save hours of searching, typing, testing and coding, and the most important thing: the tools are all free! Some I haven't seen before that look interesting are: Wordle text cloud generator (for design work). Text ascii art generator (to put in your source code), and an OCR to text converter.
Optimizing Page Load Time
Submitted by matt 27 days ago (more from die.net)While working on optimizing page load times for a high-profile AJAX application, I had a chance to investigate how much I could reduce latency due to external objects. Specifically, I looked into how the HTTP client implementation in common browsers and characteristics of common Internet connections affect page load time for pages with many small objects.
An Introduction to the Internet Explorer Developer Tools
Submitted by matt 48 days ago (more from msdn.microsoft.com)Nice overview of what's essentially Firebug for IE. Wondering what the difference between Document Mode and Browser mode is? Document Mode allows you to manually choose which rendering engine you want IE to render the page with. Browser Mode changes both the Document Mode, and the User Agent string, which allows Internet Explorer 8 to lie about who it says it is.
XRefresh
Submitted by matt 56 days ago (more from xrefresh.binaryage.com)A browser plugin which will refresh the current web page due to a file change in selected folders. This makes it possible to do live page editing with your favorite text editor. Typical usage scenario is for local web development on a machine with two monitors, the first monitor is for source code editing and the second one is fully dedicated to previewing the web page in Firefox.
Integrity - website link checker and xml sitemap generator for Mac OSX
Submitted by matt 58 days ago (more from peacockmedia.co.uk)Feed it your home page address (url) and Integrity will follow all of your internal links to find your pages, checking the server response code for all internal and external links found. Can also generate an XML sitemap suitable for submission to Google
diffable
Submitted by matt 62 days ago (more from code.google.com)A method for reducing page load latency by transmitting differential encodings of static files. It works by sending deltas between versions of files that reside in a browser's cache. Files such as Javascript, HTML, and CSS are often updated every week or more, but change very little between versions. This method significantly reduces the bandwidth and transmission time for these files.
Data URIs make CSS sprites obsolete
Submitted by matt 65 days ago (more from nczonline.net)The problem is that HTTP requests are a major performance bottleneck for web pages. The more requests you have, the longer it takes your page to load and the slower it is. In short, data URIs allow you to embed images (and other files) directly into HTML and CSS. Since all of the data is represented locally, there is no extra HTTP request required to access the information.
User behavior and expectations about web performance
Submitted by matt 65 days ago (more from webperformancetoday.com)If you’ve ever found yourself trying to rationalize performance spending to your boss or co-workers – or if you, like me, have an unhealthy relationship with statistics – here’s a cheat sheet of stats and sources you can pull from for your next proposal or awkward elevator conversation.