Steve Souders: 10% of the problem is server performance, 90% of problem is browser activity after the main html is downloaded. He wrote the book and developed YSlow, so he should know.
JavaScripts are downloaded serially and block other activity. Most JavaScript functions aren’t used at OnLoad. We could split the JS and only load essential [...]
Posted August 16, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: javascript, optimization, performance, Steve Souders, website. One Comment.
A little more than two years after I realized how (really) bad the problem was and about 18 months after I prototyped my solution, our new library website, catalog, and knowledgebase launched last week — just in time for the fall semester opening.
It’s all built on Scriblio, includes a very simple new books list that [...]
Posted September 6, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: lamson library, launch, lib20, libraries, library, library 2.0, plymouth state university, scriblio, website, wpopac. 4 Comments.
