Summer vacation season has arrived, and Facebook feeds are being filled with photos of toes at the end of a towel pointed at a sandy beach. Family vacation season has begun! For some families this will mean heading to foreign countries to immerse themselves in different foods, cultures and languages. But how will you stay … Continue reading Mobile Performance and Roaming
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So, I was testing a mobile website with WebPageTest (and if you haven't tested with WPT, you should be), and it came out weighing 2.3 MB. I thought that was pretty big, but when I checked that against the HTTPArchive, and I was surprised to see that this was only a little bit below the average mobile … Continue reading The Largest Mobile Websites Keep Getting Larger
One issue that is discussed often in the web performance community is how slow websites are quickly abandoned. There are dozens of studies that show how much users hate slow websites. But, in the sake of brevity, here are 2 (or 3): Google says that after 3 seconds of loading, 53% of users abandon the website. … Continue reading Website Performance at Various Mobile Throughputs
I have begun to see many mobile apps relying heavily on animated GIFs and PNGs in their content. There is no doubt that short video adds motion, interest and excitement to your website or mobile app. It immediately draws interest to your customers, and keeping customers engaged is an important part of the process. To prove … Continue reading Animated GIFs vs. video files
Learn how network performance software development kits improve the speed and security of your app and help you make the most of your mobile presence. When it comes to ‘sticky’ and regularly used mobile applications, performance plays a big factor, especially when it comes to downloading content over a cellular network. The good news … Continue reading Speed up Your Mobile App with Network SDKs
SpeakOfTheDevrel.Cloud: Doug Sillars 