Posts tagged ‘performance’
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“Beyond Engagement: the Content Performance Quotient” by Jeffrey Zeldman—An Event Apart video
Our products are tasked with providing ever-higher levels of “engagement,” but should they be? In this 60-minute talk filmed live at An Event Apart, Jeffrey Zeldman introduces a new measure of design success: the content performance quotient.
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“The Joy of Optimizing Images” by Una Kravets – An Event Apart video
Images are by far the greatest bottleneck to performance on the web. What’s a web designer or developer to do? In this engaging talk recorded live at An Event Apart Denver 2017, Una Kravets surveys new image formats and dives deeply into image rendering and performance optimization techniques, demonstrating practical approaches to making your web projects noticeably faster.
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“Performance as User Experience” by Aaron Gustafson—An Event Apart video
Design is problem solving. Each and every day, we are tasked with finding ways to reduce the friction our users experience on the Web. That means streamlining flows, reducing cognitive load, and writing more appropriate copy, but user experience goes far beyond the interface. Our users’ experiences begin with their first request to our servers.
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Designing for Performance by Lara Callender Hogan—An Event Apart video
In this free 60-minute video, Lara Hogan (Designing for Performance, Demystifying Public Speaking) focuses on performance basics from a design and front-end perspective, including tips for optimizing design assets and patterns.
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Design Decisions Through the Lens of Performance by Yesenia Perez-Cruz—An Event Apart video
In this exciting presentation captured live at An Event Apart Austin, Yesenia Perez-Cruz shows how we can make smarter design decisions, from the very beginning of a web design project, to ensure that our sites perform well.
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The Map & The Territory by Ethan Marcotte – An AEA Video
In this 60-minute video, caught live at An Event Apart Orlando 2014, Ethan Marcotte, author—and father—of Responsive Web Design, explores how the needs and habits of an emerging worldwide audience are profoundly reshaping how we design for the web.
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Font Downloading & Web Performance with Jake Archibald
Font downloading can be a performance nightmare, and browsers handle rendering-during-download differently. Thankfully, a new CSS proposal gives you full control. An Event Apart speaker Jake Archibald tells Paul Lewis all about it in this HTTP 203 video.