Tips and News from the World of Speed vol. 1

Interviews, case studies, live tool demonstrations, detailed tips, and yes, news. This article is about the news we shared in the first episode.

The 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 Article – Why Have a Fast Website?#

Read the latest article by Martin Michálek, which summarizes why it's essential to have a fast website. From psychology, the impact on conversions, to the much-discussed Google.

PageSpeed.ONE – Tool Testing Updates#

We've added several new features to our website 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 make up the LPS.

The Chrome UX report results have also been updated. It's now possible to track metrics over time. New graphs serve this purpose.

Measure your site and check out these updates.

We'll soon dive deeper into all of this in another article, where we'll reveal how to view a detailed Lighthouse report for any given day.

Lighthouse Score for All#

If you know LPS as a single number, you might find this video from Jamstack Conf interesting. Henri Helvetica, in his talk, shows what LPS consists of and how it is calculated.

He concludes with some very intriguing statistics.

Glyphhanger – A Tool for Font Optimization#

We're nearing the finale. Another tip is the nifty tool 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 max. If you're curious about how to do it, attend Michal Matuška's webinar on variable fonts.

Web Speed Badging in Mobile Chrome#

The proverbial cherry on top. Mobile Chrome, from version 85, adds a badge indicating the speed of the visited website. In an article that writes about this novelty, other concepts of how to work with this badge are mentioned.

Do you like this idea? We had a brief discussion about it, conducted a survey among viewers, and found it's a topic that, at least for now, raises many interesting questions, opinions, and controversies.

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