RE: [WSG] slightly OT web page analyser service
I use this tool a lot when I am optimizing my code to see how much I saved (every byte adds time!). Using this tool, you can see just how much fat there is in your code. I have literally shaved off 50% off of some pages. Unfortunately, while it is possible to build a web page that will get congrat ratings all the way down the list (scripts that will fit inside a single packet, and minimal http calls for example), they are less than optimal for realistic everyday use (though I admit, I am currently toying with a currently abandoned URL I own and using it to create a site that looks good is valid XHTML and CSS and gets congrats in ALL the categories covered by this tool. Actually, it is kinda fun to work in the limits imposed by the tool and see just HOW SMALL and minimalist you can go and still have advanced features. Brian -Original Message- From: Neerav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 8:50 PM To: WSG Subject: [WSG] slightly OT web page analyser service This maybe OT, but should be useful to all web developers on the list, because a site ight well be standards compliant but if it takes 30 seconds to load than its still failing ... http://www.webpageanalyzer.com/ - Web Page Analyzer - 0.82 Test your web site speed with our free web-based analyzer. Enter a URL below to calculate page size, composition, and page download time. The script calculates the size of individual elements and finds the total for each type of web page component. Based on these page characteristics the script then offers advice on how to improve page display time and website speed. The script incorporates best practices from HCI research into its recommendations. -- Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help * * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
Re: [WSG] slightly OT web page analyser service
Neerav blurted out: This maybe OT, but should be useful to all web developers on the list, because a site ight well be standards compliant but if it takes 30 seconds to load than its still failing ... I wouldn't say it was offtopic. Something like this could be used to demonstrate the advantages of using CSS vs table layout. After doing a redesign the new version can be tested head to head with the old. Doing so might even reassure those designers on the fence that there is a reason beyond buzzword compliance to the whole CSS thing. * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
RE: [WSG] slightly OT web page analyser service
Robert Moser wrote: Something like this could be used to demonstrate the advantages of using CSS vs table layout. The only problem I can see is images referenced in the CSS are not taken into account Jason * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
Re: [WSG] slightly OT web page analyser service
Nor is the fact that stylesheets (and images, for that matter) are cached. You're only comparing a first hit on one page. One of the beauties of CSS is that once you're past that first page, and into other pages on the site, you're not going to be downloading table code again and again and again, and the browser remembers the CSS. -Hugh Robert Moser wrote: Something like this could be used to demonstrate the advantages of using CSS vs table layout. The only problem I can see is images referenced in the CSS are not taken into account * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
RE: [WSG] slightly OT web page analyser service
I think the reason for that is that the structure of the page is built and the images can d/l while the the content is in place and the reader can begin seeing something atleast. This tool (which I discovered last month as part of a plug-in for Mozilla and Firefox) sold me the rest of the way on the advantages of CSS. I know as time allows I am going to rebuild my newly rebuilt tables-based site UGH! But to my clients advantage, I have already begun implimenting CSS into their sites full bore. Brian The only problem I can see is images referenced in the CSS are not taken into account Jason * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help *
