By krisnelson on Jun 10, 2007 in blog / technology
From Steve Souders, author of High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers
, comes the following useful 14 “Rules for High Performance Web Sites”:
As he notes, fetching Web sites generally follows the “80−20″ principle: 20% of the time a user waits to see a page is spent getting the actual HTML page. 80% of the time is spent on everything else.
The book is still in the “rough cuts” stage, but sounds like an excellent and practical guide to making your site more usable and functional from a user perspective.
Posted in blog, technology | Tagged AJAX, CSS, HTML, HTTP, Javascript, web |
I'm currently a graduate student of the history of law and technology at the University of California, San Diego. I also provide law and technology consulting services.
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