Tips and News from the World of Speed vol. 1

Interviews, case studies, live tool demonstrations, detailed tips, and the latest updates. This article focuses on the new developments we showcased in the first episode.

Our goal is to bring the topic of web speed to a broader professional audience and, most importantly, help our followers make their websites faster.

Our First Blog Post – Why Have a Fast Website?#

Read the latest article by Martin Michálek, which summarizes why having a fast website is crucial. From psychology, impact on conversions, to the frequently mentioned Google.

PageSpeed.ONE – Tool Update for Testing#

We've added several new features to our web testing tool.

The results of synthetic tests are now more detailed. Besides the Lighthouse performance score (LPS), you can now also view the values of individual metrics that compose the LPS.

The results from the Chrome UX report have also been updated. It is now possible to track metrics over time. New charts serve this purpose.

Measure your website and check out these updates.

We'll soon delve into everything in detail in one of our future articles, where we'll also reveal how to view a detailed Lighthouse report for any given day.

Lighthouse Score for All#

If you know LPS as just a single number, then you'll find this video from Jamstack Conf interesting. Henri Helvetica, in his presentation, shows what makes up LPS and how it's calculated.

He concludes with some very intriguing statistics.

Glyphhanger – Font Optimization Tool#

We’re nearing the finish line. Another tip is the utility Glyphhanger. With this tool, you can quickly optimize fonts in your project. Even with basic settings, you can achieve satisfactory results.

And if you're a connoisseur, you can dive into detailed settings and squeeze optimization to the maximum. If you're curious about how to do it, visit Michal Matuška's webinar on variable fonts.

Speed Badging in Mobile Chrome#

The metaphorical cherry on top. Mobile Chrome, starting from version 85, adds a badge rating the speed of the visited website. The article discussing this new feature mentions additional concepts on how to work with this badge.

Do you like this idea? We had a brief discussion about it, conducted a survey among viewers, and found that it’s a topic that currently raises a lot of interesting questions, opinions, and controversies.

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