Category Archives: performance

Today’s Readings

Think your remote patches are a tricky? How about sending a patch 160 Million Miles? Did you know there is a Performance object in the Webkit Inspector? If not, check it out, has some useful bits, but all the timestamps … Continue reading

Responsive Test Environment: Test Multiple Screen-Sizes, in One Browser Window, with One Refresh

So I had a thought on the bus the other day: Wouldn’t it be cool if I could test my responsive websites in multiple screen-sizes, without having to rubber-band my browser width back-and-forth, and back-and–forth, and back-and–forth? If I could … Continue reading

The Netbiscuits Tactile Team Blog

Shortly after starting to work for Netbiscuits in March of 2012, I suggested to my team that we start documenting issues, solutions, tips, tricks, etc. that are mobile-related, which inevitably resulted in a WordPress blog: http://tactileteam.wordpress.com/ There will be some … Continue reading

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Wow, check-it out!!!  Apparently they’ve finally made a computer that is portable! So, this actually works, and pretty well…  You can do one letter at a time, or just keep writing (assuming you don’t run out of screen, but if … Continue reading

How to Do the “Right Thing”

I just read an article from one of my faves, Jeremy Keith, titled How do I convince…?, and I chuckled to myself several times because it is also something I’ve heard many times, something to the effect of “But how … Continue reading

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In our sophisticated, fast-paced, ultra-modern world of email, Twitter and all other things ADHD, I guess it was destined to come to this, and so I have to say, I think DailyLit is an absolutely brilliant idea! Now I gotta … Continue reading

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Meet requestAnimationFrame, the new darling of the web ball… Though getComputedStyle could give her a run for her money… But then there’s also matchMedia… Support for two of them sort of sucks, especially for mobile, so I guess we have … Continue reading

Looking for a Responsive Content Dialog(ue)

One of the larger issues when trying to create a truly responsive site is the content. Or rather, “what to send to whom…” (I am not trying to coin the next Ajax, but I am lazy, so I’m going to refer … Continue reading

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New Zealand 100% Pure offers some great interactive design (and the responsive design is pretty good, at least until you get down to the small-tablet-ish size). The opening page takes similar, previously-seen techniques to a new level, but I really … Continue reading

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I’m not sure if I’d ever grab this to start a new site, but Pea.rs seems like a great playground for testing HTML and CSS, at the very least! What I dig most is that everything is responsive, all the … Continue reading