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New videos from the YUI Theater

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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:

  1. Create a component library of smart objects.
  2. Use consistent semantic styles.
  3. Design modules to be transparent on the inside.
  4. Optimize images and sprites.
  5. Avoid non-standard browser fonts.
  6. Use columns rather than rows.
  7. Choose your bling carefully.
  8. Be flexible.
  9. Learn to love grids.

Written by tzkuei

December 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm

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