A Lifehack for removing unused JS/CSS.. or just unminify
To reduce page size (also reduces data usage for your mobile users) and improve loading speed it is best to minify JS and CSS files. Fortunately, many developers already do this when possible.
Pagespeed findings
Need for pagespeed depends on the context
Instant noodle soup is not the best example, but would you trust shellfish that would've been in boiling water for just 100 milliseconds? Well that's where I had to change things to give users a trustworthy feeling.
How ditching PWA helped improving pagespeed and UX
Wait, what!? Obviously, I could name some great PWA solutions out there, but it wasn't always so. Today's case, migrated in November, is proving that you can build perfectly performant solutions, for real users, the traditional way.
Web performance company without Core Web Vitals
If you reached this blog, then chances are you've heard of Cloudflare. CDN solution might be the first that comes to mind, but their focus is even broader. However, it stops at Core Web Vitals.
Accessible currency converter, including dropdown and API usage
With website visitors from around the globe and having to convert currencies when doing a quotation, I figured embedding a currency converter instead.
Google's fast AMP framework and Core Web Vitals, pass or fail?
A lot has been said and written about Google's AMP. I even implemented AMP in the boilerplate CMS that I use for own cases. But how about AMP and Core Web Vitals?
You can make > $50,000 a month with a single PHP file
That sounds like clickbait, or at least too good to be true, right? That's what I thought. No rocket science and overengineering over here.
3 reasons why Alpine.js won't beat jQuery, Core Web Vitals included
Alpine is lightweight compared to Bootstrap, jQuery, Vue or React. So, why the complaints, you wonder?
My content-visibility implementation for improved UX
Before, we learned that content-visibility is likely to improve the pagespeed and performance of your website. But considering all caveats, how should you approach content-visibility implementation yourself?
Improve pagespeed with content-visibility CSS, is it for you?
Content-visibility is a new CSS property that boosts your rendering performance, according to Google. But is that really so and are there any caveats, or in other words, should you start using it already?
Word-breaking solution with SEO & UX in mind, without JavaScript
There are JavaScript and CSS solutions out there to break words. However, they often don't break words in an organic way. Today, I am sharing a piece of code which I use to break words the way I want, maintaining SEO value at the same time.
How Brian Dean's Backlinko acted on Core Web Vitals
I wrote about the Backlinko results in November 2019 on LinkedIn, tagging Brian as well. But it looks like Brian already put some effort into the pagespeed of his website. As a result, he is now passing Core Web Vitals.
Core Web Vitals visual indicator and Google news top stories
Mid november, Google announced when and how Core Web Vitals will be part of organic ranking. In May, where pages will have a visual indicator of meeting Core Web Vitals. The first tests of Google were already seen.
Analysing your Core Web Vitals competition
Only 24% is passing the Core Web Vitals. This means your shop has the chance to not only get some highlighting in the search results, but also outperform your closest competitors. Let's dive into some numbers and toolings.
Core Web Vitals and highlighting live in May 2021
Things just got real! We already knew about Core Web Vitals. Google now published that your website will be highlighted within the Google search result pages.
Improving a third party chatbot widget's performance
The sad part of third party chat widgets is that it really is up to chat widget providers to improve performance, caring about the performance of their clients' websites and webshops at the same time. But even when they don't, we can make a difference.
Chatbot pagespeed impact visualized
I wrote my own chatbot + livechat and this created quite some fuzz on LinkedIn. I even received swear words, luckily just for chatbot testing purposes 😅. But let's talk about the harm of chat bots such as Zopim (Zendesk), and how I visualized this.
Free JS toggle to create a dark mode for your website
Did you know that a dark mode could save 63% power usage on mobile devices? More important from UX perspective is that you can also introduce a dark mode to make your site more pleasant for all kinds of users.
Fancy and flexible CSS outlines to help web accessibility
You might be using Bootstrap, or maybe even never considered outlines. Or deliberately removed them, leaving your users in the dark. However, outlines or focus indicators can still be fancy and helpful at the same time, without impacting
Show me where I am: accessibility outlines
You don't want to ruin the look of your website or webshop by some random ugly borders. These borders are called outlines and happen to aid some users as if you are walking in the dark with no lights. So, don't just remove them!