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This page opens crazy fast (at least for me). Well done. EDIT: Okay, still a few things they could improve on (https://gtmetrix.com/reports/csswizardry.com/N9

This page opens crazy fast (at least for me). Well done. EDIT: Okay, still a few things they could improve on (https://gtmetrix.com/reports/csswizardry.com/N9gkLyhq https://gtmetrix.com/reports/csswizardry.com/N9gkLyhq)

microcolonel 6y ago
The main content may load quickly, at least with javascript disabled, and that's a good thing; but I can hardly read the text though. 300 weight text at 51% grey is awful. When I see pages formatted like this, I tend to make a decision between opening the inspector and fixing the fonts, or just not bothering to read it, since it's clearly not designed to be read. Original: https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/illegible.png https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/illegible.png 400 weight: https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/better.png https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/better.png 400 weight and black: https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/black.png https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/black.png (not necessarily an improvement, once the weight is normal).
- shash7 6y ago
  Simply bumping the weight upto 400 would make the site much more readable.
  - csswizardry 6y ago
    About to release this fix now.
- jandrese 6y ago
  Yeah, I couldn't read through the whole page either. It seemed like they were trying to speed up the font by making it thinner and sleeker.
- csswizardry 6y ago
  Thanks for the feedback!
onion2k 6y ago
You'd hope so. csswizardry, aka Harry Roberts, is a web performance consultant. His job is to make websites load fast.
youngtaff 6y ago
I'd question the validity of any scoring mechanism that's still using YSlow scores
csswizardry 6y ago
Thanks! Though GTMetrix hasn’t been considered a reliable or relevant tool for a while now, unfortunately.
- rkagerer 6y ago
  I appreciate the tip! Is PageSpeed better? I checked Google's tool as well, before commenting. I went with the GTmetrix as I find the layout of how it portrays results cleaner.
woodrowbarlow 6y ago
this page doesn't use web fonts. > On this site, in which performance is the only name of the game, I forgo web fonts entirely, opting instead to make use of the visitor’s system font.

microcolonel 6y ago

The main content may load quickly, at least with javascript disabled, and that's a good thing; but I can hardly read the text though. 300 weight text at 51% grey is awful. When I see pages formatted like this, I tend to make a decision between opening the inspector and fixing the fonts, or just not bothering to read it, since it's clearly not designed to be read. Original: https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/illegible.png https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/illegible.png 400 weight: https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/better.png https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/better.png 400 weight and black: https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/black.png https://qui.suis.je/drop/faster/black.png (not necessarily an improvement, once the weight is normal).

shash7 6y ago
Simply bumping the weight upto 400 would make the site much more readable.
- csswizardry 6y ago
  About to release this fix now.
jandrese 6y ago
Yeah, I couldn't read through the whole page either. It seemed like they were trying to speed up the font by making it thinner and sleeker.
csswizardry 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback!

onion2k 6y ago

You'd hope so. csswizardry, aka Harry Roberts, is a web performance consultant. His job is to make websites load fast.

youngtaff 6y ago

I'd question the validity of any scoring mechanism that's still using YSlow scores

csswizardry 6y ago

Thanks! Though GTMetrix hasn’t been considered a reliable or relevant tool for a while now, unfortunately.

rkagerer 6y ago
I appreciate the tip! Is PageSpeed better? I checked Google's tool as well, before commenting. I went with the GTmetrix as I find the layout of how it portrays results cleaner.

woodrowbarlow 6y ago

this page doesn't use web fonts. > On this site, in which performance is the only name of the game, I forgo web fonts entirely, opting instead to make use of the visitor’s system font.