Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
The next generation of browser all tout that they are able to more effectively deliver on the concept of cloud computing and Web applications. That may be the case, but it changes the entire world of Web performance measurement and monitoring.
The Web performance focus for most firms is simple: How quickly can code/text/images/flash can be [...]
In: Browsers| Internet| The Web| Web Performance
20 Mar 2009Here’s what the difference between the companies boils down to: Microsoft is focusing on today’s Web, and the rivals are focusing on tomorrow’s.
Stephen Shankland via Browser war centers on once-obscure JavaScript
This sums up many of the comments that I have made about browsers over the months [see Does the browser really matter?]. The browser is [...]
Last fall it was Chrome. Now it’s Safari 4 Beta. Soon it will be Firefox 3.1 and IE 8.
Each browser has its harsh critics and fervent supporters. But in the end, does the browser really matter?
The answer to this question depends on who you speak to. Developers will say yes, because browsers make their lives [...]
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 [...]
I do not want to host my own blog.
Even if I wanted to, Wordpress.com does not make it easy to export content. This, however, is a separate discussion.
Skype and Web 2.0 (I hate the term, but I am using it) are inextricably linked.
Wordpress and Web 2.0 are inextricably linked.
Wordpress.com hates Skype. It’s that simple.
According to [...]
In: smp
30 Apr 2005Web page compression is not a new technology, but it has just recently gained higher recognition in the minds of IT administrators and managers because of the rapid ROI it generates. Compression extensions exist for most of the major Web server platforms, but in this article I will focus on the Apache and mod_gzip solution.
The [...]