Ever since the advent of HTTP/2 people asked if they still needed JS/ CSS files to be combined and indeed by default aggregation is off in Autoptimize. But based on this interesting article by Harry Roberts, “bundling is here to stay for a while”. So when in doubt; test performance with and without aggregating CSS/ … Read more
Me and Nokia, we go a long way back; my first mobile phone was a trusty Nokia 3210 and it’s unique gaming proposition Snake. I switched it for a Nokia 7710 because I was thrilled to be able to go on the Internet. The CSD data transport protocol, WAP and WML were very limited however … Read more
Earlier today I updated my performance-centric TwentyTwelve child theme to fix a problem with the mobile navigation (due to the fact that TwentyTwelve changed the menu-button from a h3 to a button, which required the navigation JS which 2012.FFWD inlines to be updated as well). You can download the update here. This update “officially” marks … Read more
Off course the web is not doomed, but despite the fact that web performance is immensely important (think impact on mobile experience, think impact on search engine ranking, think impact on conversion) the web keeps getting fatter, as witnessed by this graph from mobiforge; Yup; your average web page now has the same size as … Read more
So Peter-Paul Koch (Quirksmode) declares Firefox OS dead. I’m afraid he’s right. A pity really, as I loved the idea of an entirely open web-based mobile OS. Mozillians don’t agree, saying they’re just not going offer Firefox OS phones through carriers any more. Or maybe It’s just resting? Customer: I wish to complain about this … Read more
WP YouTube Lyte 1.6.4 was released a couple of hours ago and features the new YouTube player look and feel: Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Little Things (Music Video) Watch this video on YouTube. Here are some tips on how you can tweak that to match your own preferences; As you can see … Read more
It’s been a almost a year since I last listed all smartphones that passed through my clumsy hands, so surely I must have some items to add to that list, you might think? Indeed! So starting off where we ended last year; 2014: Google Galaxy Nexus; 2nd hand replacement (a steal for only €95) with … Read more
I’ve previously already expressed my doubts about the how well-suited AngularJS is for mobile web development (in Dutch, though, as I was discussing the merits of the mobile news-site of the Flemish broadcaster VRT). QuirksMode’s PPK dove in a lot deeper in his “The problem with Angular“, stating amongst other things; Angular is aimed at … Read more
Well, checking out the browser, off course! I had the opportunity to ride along with a friend in his brand new Tesla yesterday. Great ride, but you know that already, so I checked out the browser and data connectivity obviously. I visited my own little “ip check” page and saw this in the logfile: 188.207.103.140 … Read more