https://www.alexrp.co.uk A few thoughts on web performance - how and why to optimise websites for speed Web development en-gb Copyright 2019 Alex Painter https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/ab-testing-and-web-performance.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/ab-testing-and-web-performance.html A/B testing a website can be valuable but risks slowing it down - this posts gives a few tips on how to implement testing in a way that minimises the performance impact. Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:15:00 GMT https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/web-performance-black-friday.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/web-performance-black-friday.html A few tips to help mitigate the risks and make the most of the opportunities on Black Friday, from tracking down third-party single points of failure to contingency planning. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:30:00 GMT https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/fast-single-page-apps.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/fast-single-page-apps.html Single page apps offer many advantages but they can be slow to start displaying meaningful content. This post looks at a few simple ways to make them faster. Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:30:00 GMT https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/web-performance-special-cases.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/web-performance-special-cases.html Your home page, campaign landing pages and other key entry points to your website need to be faster than other pages, when in fact they are often slower. This post looks at how to address the issue. Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/preloading-fonts.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/preloading-fonts.html Preloading fonts is a great way to get text to display faster on a web page. This post talks about the benefits of preloading fonts, even if they're referenced in inline CSS. Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/resource-hints-prerender.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/resource-hints-prerender.html How prerendering can give the illusion of web pages that load instantaneously. Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:00:00 GMT https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/speed-index-and-ux.html https://www.alexrp.co.uk/blog/speed-index-and-ux.html Research has shown that making assumptions about what delivers a good user experience can be unwise - this post looks at how this might apply to speed index. Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:00:00 GMT