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*Miscellaneous Top 10 Client-Side Performance Problems in Web 2.0
Submitted by matt 13 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
*HTML/CSS HTML5 Reset - A simple set of best practices to get your HTML5 project going
Submitted by matt 20 days ago (more from html5reset.org)We usually start every HTML project with the same set of HTML and CSS templates. Now that modern browsers are starting to support some of the really useful parts of HTML5 and CSS3, it's time for an update, and we thought we'd put it out there for everyone to use.
*Miscellaneous Optimizing Page Load Time
Submitted by matt 25 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.
*Programming What is a non-blocking script?
Submitted by matt 27 days ago (more from nczonline.net)There are basically two ways to achieve non-blocking (aka asynchronous) JavaScript downloading: create a script node dynamically and use the HTML5 async attribute of a tag. Combining this with the capability of parallel script downloads in newer browsers means that your page can take less time to render fully to the user. Try to avoid blocking JavaScript downloads whenever possible.
*HTML/CSS HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome
Submitted by matt 27 days ago (more from html5boilerplate.com)After more than two years in iterative development, you get the best of the best practices baked in: cross-browser normalization, performance optimizations, even optional features like cross-domain ajax and flash. A starter apache .htaccess config file hooks you up with caching rules and preps your site to serve HTML5 video, use @font-face, and gzip.
*HTML/CSS Running your web applications offline with HTML5 AppCache
Submitted by matt 39 days ago (more from dev.opera.com)With the introduction of the W3C HTML5 application cache feature, it is possible to make your web applications run offline as well as online. This is where HTML5's new offline storage comes in. It defines a way to store files in a cache, so that when the user is offline, the browser still has access to the necessary files. These can be HTML, CSS or JavaScript files, or any other assets.
*HTML/CSS CSS Voodoo - The dark art of CSS Hacks
Submitted by matt 45 days ago (more from blog.ginader.de)Since I joined Yahoo! I stopped using Conditional Comments for Performance Reasons (less HTTP Requests). So I needed to get familiar again with the common Hacks for Internet Explorer I had completely forgotten about. Over time I hardly ever ran into situations when other Browsers misbehaved - but it did happen. Here's the current State of my CSS Hack Collection.
*Miscellaneous An Introduction to the Internet Explorer Developer Tools
Submitted by matt 46 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.
*HTML/CSS Bulletproof CSS3 media queries
Submitted by matt 47 days ago (more from vcarrer.com)CSS3 Media Queries are cheap and easy way to optimize your web site for various devices. With this solution you can safely cover 99% of PC browsers and the modern mobile browsers (iPhone, iPad, Android, new webkit BlackBerry and the new Opera Browsers).
*HTML/CSS Font Preview - Google Font Directory
Submitted by matt 48 days ago (more from code.google.com)A nice, live editing preview tool for the Google Fonts API, which is basically a shortcut to manually using the CSS3 @font-face property. The difference is, Google will do all the hard work in getting the font to work in non-CSS3 browsers such as Internet Explorer.