Speed Tweak
Learn speed techniques you can use to increase page download speed. Speed Tweak of the Week shows how to optimize XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, graphics, and other web page components to maximize web site speed and usability.
Suture CSS or JavaScript Files to Reduce HTTP Requests
Learn how to “suture” CSS or JavaScript files together before delivery from the server to save HTTP requests. You’ll have your organization and eat it too with this server-side approach to merging files.
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CSS Sprites: How Yahoo.com and AOL.com Improve Web Performance
Learn how AOL and Yahoo! use CSS sprites to improve performance for their busy home pages. CSS sprites save HTTP requests by using CSS positioning to selectively display composite background images. To maximize accessibility and usability, CSS sprites are best used for icons or decorative effects.
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Mono-Image CSS Rollovers
Learn how to create menu rollovers with different graphic backgrounds with one image. Save HTTP requests by combining on and off images into one mini-sprite and position with CSS.
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Minimize Noise to Maximize Graphic and Video Compression – tips to optimize web videos and images
Noise is the enemy of efficient multimedia optimization. Learn how to minimize the noise in your images and videos to maximize compression.
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Web Video Optimization Tips – optimize streaming media for website videos
Optimizing web videos has become more important as the use and size of videos has increased on the Web. Learn some best practices to help optimize your videos.
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Home Page Usability and Credibility Survey – Fortune 30 versus Inc. fastest growing companies
A usability survey revealed that high growth companies are not evaluating and improving their home page designs in a systematic way. By comparing the home pages of the Fortune 30 against Inc Magazine’s fastest growing companies, researchers from Minnesota State University found the Fortune 30 had a usability score over 36% higher than the fast growing companies.
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Update: Pro Ball Head Review – compares ball heads to give sharper photos & solid video support
A solid ball head dampens sharpness-robbing vibration for sharper and smaller images and videos for the Web. Updated with the newest models, we compare some pro-level ball heads and offer some tips for sharper photographs.
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Replace GIF with PNG Images – portable network graphics images compress more efficiently than gifs
PNGs are designed to be a more efficient, flexible, and patent-free replacement for GIFs. By replacing your GIFs with PNGs you can speed up your web pages and save bandwidth.
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Book Preview: Information Foraging Theory – boost information scent and predict web navigation
We interview today’s digital Darwin Peter Pirolli, summarizing his revolutionary new book Information Foraging Theory. Hungry minds are foraging for valuable information on the Web. Learn how to boost your website’s information scent or risk becoming a missing link.
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Automated Color Harmony Tools – color harmonization using automatic color theory tools to optimize color palettes
Make your designs sing in four-part color harmony with these automated color harmonization tools. We review a joint effort by Microsoft and Tel Aviv University to automatically enhance the color harmony of an image.
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