Tag Archives: Fixit
Fixit – DOM Size
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page DOM (Document Object Model) is excessively large. Larger page DOMs require more memory and their extra complexity require additional data transfer time. Reducing the DOM complexity and size drastically affects page load time... Read More
Fixit – Redirect On Load
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page experiences any redirects on initial load. Redirects require the browser to resend page requests and significantly increases initial page load time... Read More
Fixit – Cookie Size
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page is generating excessively large cookie data. Cookie data must be transmit by the browser with each HTTP request, so excessive cookie data will directly affect transfer speed and result in slower page load times... Read More
Fixit – CSS Import Directive
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page CSS makes use of the @import directive. The import directive allows one CSS file to include others but results in slower loading time as the downloads cannot be made in parallel. CSS files should be directly referenced in the HTML markup, or condensed into a single file to increase data transfer time... Read More
Fixit – Image Crunch
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page make use of images which are larger than necessary. Image files often contain metadeta and other information which is never displayed and can be stripped out to reduce the image filesize. Smaller files will transfer faster and result in a quicker page load time... Read More
