How to properly measure how fast a web page starts to display its content? Several Web performance metrics exist to answer this question, including First Paint, Start Render and one of the newest: First Contentful Paint (FCP). How does FCP stand out, what are its limitations? Let’s dive into the metrics that measure the browser’s early rendering of web pages.
Continue reading First Contentful Paint (FCP), Start Render, First Paint. How to properly measure the beginning of page rendering?We Love Speed 2019 on September 20 in Lille
After a most successful 2018 edition, Dareboost is proud to keep sponsoring the French Web Performance event: We Love Speed.
Brand-new comparison reports for your Website Performance Benchmarks
A new version of our performance comparison reports has just been released. With an improved user experience and some additional data available, benchmarking your competition is now easier than ever!
After a quick reminder about why and how you can use the performance comparison feature, let’s discover what’s new under the hood!
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Update to Chrome 73 and infrastructure upgrade
After several months of intensive work (and a new coffee machine), we are pleased to announce the next update of our service: June 13th (03:00 AM UTC). It will include an update to Chrome 73, a revised access management policy for detailed reports and a technical architecture revamped to meet the growing needs of our ever-increasing number of customers.
Continue reading Update to Chrome 73 and infrastructure upgradeTTI: Time To (consistently) Interactive, how to measure web page interactivity
When we talk about web performance measurement, what we’re actually trying to determine is the moment when a user can effectively achieve his or her goal. Meaning the users can consult the content they are looking for and/or interact with the page in a satisfactory way. Some metrics endorse rendering actions by the browser, others measure the progress of the display through the recording of a video. However, a great mystery remains: how to properly measure interactivity.
For a few years now, Google has been pushing an ambiguous metric: Time To Interactive. What does it mean? Let’s define it and explain how and when to use it (or not).
Continue reading TTI: Time To (consistently) Interactive, how to measure web page interactivityLazy Loading, faster webpages, SEO friendly
Images are a key content on your website? If you’re serious about your website performance, you have probably optimized them. But have you considered to lazy load your images? Lazy loading images improves the user experience by saving bandwidth for important content first.
Some reject the technique for SEO considerations. But properly lazy loading your images does not prevent them from being indexed. Let’s find out why you should implement lazy load, and how to make sure you build it in a SEO friendly way.
Secure your Cookies (Secure and HttpOnly flags)
Cookies are widely used throughout the Web because they allow publishers to store data directly on the user’s Web browser. They’re particularly used to identify the user’s session, allowing the web server to recognize the user as they navigate through the site, and generally contain sensitive data. You have to properly protect them.
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Synthetic Monitoring to monitor the web performance of your User Journeys (transaction monitoring)
The simplicity of use of Dareboost is frequently highlighted by our customers. After working with dozens of them to get valuable feedback, we’re very proud to announce a new release of our User Journey Monitoring (Scenario) feature. Let’s discover why and how you should start using it to better monitor your Digital Customer Experience!
5 days together: taking a step back to move forward
Although we work in the same company, the daily life of each Dareboost collaborator is very specific. About a year ago, we have hired our first remote workers. That was a new organization to be found. We do not live in the same place, don’t have the same jobs or routines, and it sometimes does not make it easy to share our successes, our doubts, our feelings. We’re enthusiastic and absorbed in what we’re building, but we also need to take a step back, once in a while, to nurture our vision and company culture.
We regularly meet in Dareboost’ headquarter (Rennes, France) for a few days of brainstorming where we alternate between workshops, indoor or outdoor activities, and friendly meals (long live the raclette!). Continue reading 5 days together: taking a step back to move forward
Content Encoding: why and how to use the meta charset tag and the Content-Type header
Improving the speed at which a web page is displayed often means making the browser’s life as easy as possible. When the browser receives an HTTP response, it actually receives text encoded in bytes, where each byte or sequence of bytes represents a given character. If the browser does not have a clear information about the used encoding, it will waste time trying to guess and may fail in some cases.
Dareboost at Etam: when Web Performance meets a strong culture of innovation
We often assist our clients in their web performance optimization projects. Between two follow-up meetings, some members of the Etam Group‘s web development team gave me an interview.
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Performance Budgets – We Love Speed 2018
This article is a transcript of my conference about Performance Budgets, held during the We Love Speed event (Bordeaux, October 9, 2018). Continue reading Performance Budgets – We Love Speed 2018