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Thoughts on Web Performance at the Browser
In: Browsers| Technology| The Web| Web Performance| WebPerformance.Org| Work
9 Sep 2008Last week, lost in the preternatural shriek that emerged from the Web community around the release of Google Chrome, John Resig posted a thoughtful post on resources usage at the browser. In it, he states that the use of the Process Manager in Chrome will change how people see Web performance. In his words:
The blame [...]
Browser Wars II: Why I returned to Firefox
In: Browsers| Software| Technology| The Web| Web Performance| Work
7 Sep 2008Since the release of Google Chrome on September 2, I have been using it as my day-to-day browser. Spending up to 80% of my computer time in a browser means that this was decision which affected a huge portion of my online experience.
I can say that I put Chrome through its paces, on a wide-variety [...]
DNS: Without it, your site does not exist
5 Sep 2008In my presentations and consultations on Web performance, I emphasize the importance of a correctly configured DNS system with the phrase: “If people can’t resolve your hostname, your site is dead in the water”.
Yesterday, it appears that the large anti-virus and security firm Sophos discovered this lesson the hard way.
Of course hindsight is perfect, so [...]
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- Tags: critical, DNS system, DNS, end-user experience, outage, Sophos, Web Performance
Web Performance, Part IX: Curse of the Single Metric
In: Commentary| The Web| Web Performance| Web performance concepts| WebPerformance.Org| Work
5 Sep 2008While this post is aimed at Web performance, the curse of the single metric affects our everyday lives in ways that we have become oblivious to.
When you listen to a business report, the stock market indices are an aggregated metric used to represent the performance of a set group of stocks.
When you read about economic indicators, [...]
GrabPERF: State of the System
In: GrabPERF| The Web| Web Performance| Work
4 Sep 2008This is actually a short post to write, as the state of the GrabPERF system is currently very healthy. There was an eight-hour outage in early August 2008, but that was a fiber connectivity issue, not a system issue.
Over the history of ther service, we have been steadily increasing the number of measurements we take [...]
Chrome v. Firefox – The Container and The Desktop
In: Browsers| Technology| The Web| Web Performance| Work
4 Sep 2008The last two days of using Chrome have had me thinking about the purpose of the Web browser in today’s world. I’ve talked about how Chrome and Firefox have changed how we see browsers, treating them as interactive windows into our daily life, rather than the uncontrolled end of an information firehose.
These applications, that on [...]
Chrome and Advertising – Google’s Plan
In: Blogging| The Web| Web Performance| Work
3 Sep 2008Since I downloaded and started using Chrome yesterday, I have had to rediscover the world of online advertising. Using Firefox and Adblock Plus for nearly three years has shielded from their existence for the most part.
Stephen Noble, in a post on the Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals, seems to discover that Chrome will be [...]
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- Tags: Adblock, Adblock Plus, ads, adsense, advertising, advertising environment, Chrome, context Web, contextual advertising, DNS, doubleclick, Firefox, Forrester, Google, hosted desktop-like applications, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Internet security, Internet users, Javascript, Microsoft, online advertisers using end-user proxies, online advertising, online advertising market, online platform, online Web applications, pre-fetching algorithm, Safari, search ads, Stephen Noble, targeted advertising, targeted and contextual advertising market, Web application environment
As a Web performance consultant, I view the release of Google Chrome with slightly different eyes than many. And one of the items that I look for is how the browser will affect performance, especially perceived performance on the end-user desktop.
One thing I have been able to determine is that the use of WebKit will [...]
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- Tags: Apple, browser wars, Google, Google Chrome, Google Inc., HTTP, pipelining, rfc 2616, Safari, WebKit
Web Performance Concepts Series – Revisited
In: Commentary| Web Performance| Web performance concepts| WebPerformance.Org| Work
31 Aug 2008Two years ago I created a series of five blog articles, aimed at both business and technical readers, with the goal of explaining the basic statistical concepts and methods I use when analyzing Web performance data in my role as a Web performance consultant.
Most of these ideas were core to my thinking when I developed [...]
Web Performance: Your Teenage Web site
In: Commentary| The Web| Web Performance| WebPerformance.Org| Work
10 Sep 2008It’s critical to your business. It affects revenue. It’s how people who can’t come to you perceive you.
It’s your Web site.
Its complex. Abstract. Lots of conflicting ideas and forces are involved. Everyone says they now the best thing for it. Finger-pointing. Door slamming. Screaming.
Am I describing your Web site and the team that supports it? [...]