We all know that web performance optimization is important, especially if you care about Google/SEO value and your users. But most developers only consider the checklist items in YSlow and PageSpeed. These tools, however, barely scratch the surface. Get ready to get your hands really dirty.
Just confirmed: Tom Hughes-Croucher, Platform Evangelist for Yahoo! and web [...]
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Found this old (from late 2005) post from Douglas Crockford himself on comments in JSON which I think validates the thinking I have presented here in this blog post. He says:
A JSON encoder MUST NOT output comments. A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments.
This is exactly what I am advocating with this [...]
Steve Jobs just posted a long-awaited explanation of why the iPlatforms don’t (and won’t) support Flash. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Apple and their behavior as it relates to today’s web with regards to the recent Section 3.3.1 changes, and I’m tempted to just let those thoughts stand rather than rant again. But [...]
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I am so entirely bored by the “IE6 must die” movement. All you people out there who think you’re on some high horse of morality and rightness for the web’s future — this is a complete waste of effort. It’s useless windbaggery and nonsense. To date, I don’t think a single user has ever upgraded [...]
Regarding Apple’s recent iPhone/iPad SDK TOS update sneak-peek, the signal-to-noise ratio of logical reasoning amidst the sea of self-inflated opinions and FUD has become unbearable.
So what am I going to do? Compound that mess with my own opinions, of course! And they are just that, opinions. Take them as you will. I only ask [...]
Disclaimer
Before I begin, let me share my personal mantra: “everyone is entitled to their own (wrong) opinions.” This includes me. This post is purely opinion. It’s an editorial. It means nothing unless you care what my opinion is. If you’re easily offended, or if you just love HAML, or if you’re a closed minded bigot, [...]
