Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

November 6, 2017

"Improving performance with background data prefetching", @Instagram Engineering #WebPerf #UX #Offline

"Through data analysis and user research, we’ve come up with a few principles that represent the major pain points and areas for improvement:

  • Offline is a status, not an error
  • The offline experience is seamless
  • Build trust through clear communication"
"Lazy Loading Routes in #React", Yomi Eluwande (@yomieluwande) #WebPerf
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"We can do that by utilizing Lazy Loading. Lazy loading is a great way to optimize your site, and it does that by splitting your code at logical breakpoints, and then loading it once the user has done something that requires, or will require, a new block of code. This speeds up the initial load of the application and lightens its overall weight as some blocks may never even be loaded."

"Research with blind users on mobile devices", Ed Horsford (@edwardhorsford) #a11y
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Using a screen reader by touch is different than using it by keyboard - our research found that there are different usage patterns and new design challenges to think about.