Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
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 [...]
In: RANTING
18 Feb 2005Looks like Firefox could become the genesis of the private-label browser, unencumbered by nasty platform/OS/Service Pack limitations. [here -- courtesy of the XSLT:General blog] I believe strenously that Microsoft has committed a serious error in limiting the upcoming MSIE 7 update to Windows XP SP2 machines. It will not drive the large corporate IT departments [...]
In: smp
1 Feb 2005In an interview with InfoDesign, Jared Spool talks about Web Design. The TakeAway: I learned quickly that business executives didn’t care about usability testing or information design. Explaining the importance of these areas didn’t get us any more work. Instead, when we’re in front of executives, we quickly learned to talk about only five things: [...]
In: smp
24 Jan 2005Johanna Rothman has nailed a credit card company with a stupid UI. I liked it, because I agree that a core component of Web performance is transparent and seamless Web design. I particularly enjoyed this TakeAway: Why do you care what browser your users use? The world is full of browsers. That’s why we have [...]
In: smp
21 Jan 2005Jakob Neilsen has a great article on Web Design Standards. You often hear me discuss things along these lines at the application and HTML layer — HTTP and (X)HTML/CSS standards. I agree with what Jakob is saying: designers must consider how people will use their site, not just how they want them to use their [...]
Effective Web Performance: An Introduction and A Manifesto
In: Blogging|Browsers|Commentary|Effective Web Performance|Internet|Technology|The Web|Web Performance|Web analytics|WebPerformance.Org|analytics
19 Aug 2009Every so often, you wake up and realize that the world has changed around you. Or, to say it better, your view of the world has changed so profoundly, but also so subtly and slowly that it is imperceptible unless you take the time to look back at where you came from. Six years ago, [...]