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New videos from the YUI Theater
Two more videos have been posted on the YUI Theater and they are well worth watching:
Douglas Crockford: “Ajax Performance”
In this video, Douglas Crockford talks about web application performance optimization.
Only speed up things that take a lot of time.
Speeding up things that take very little time will yield very little improvement.
Nicole Sullivan: “Design Fast Websites (Don’t Blame the Rounded Corners)”
In this video, Nicole Sullivan presents nine best practices for designing faster websites:
- Create a component library of smart objects.
- Use consistent semantic styles.
- Design modules to be transparent on the inside.
- Optimize images and sprites.
- Avoid non-standard browser fonts.
- Use columns rather than rows.
- Choose your bling carefully.
- Be flexible.
- Learn to love grids.
