Performance

Audience

If you build it, will they come? Design your site with your audience in mind. Here are a few important considerations for making your site an enjoyable place to visit.

(Size & Speed) -- 14.4 vs. 28.8 vs. T1
30K=~30-50 seconds @14.4KB

 

Reusing Elements

Perceived Performance

Height and Width tags
Interlaced GIFs

 

Designing Small and Fast

Horizontal vs. Vertical Gradients
Flat color vs. Dithering
Adaptive palettes

 

Some Fast Sites:

Yahoo
c|net
Alta Vista
InternetMCI
WebCrawler

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