Mozilla Hacks | View Source 2018 - Henri Helvetica - A Tale of Performance & User Experience @mozhacks | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
A quarter century has passed since the first browser was released. Tim Berners-Lees pioneering spawned an industry that regaled in loading structured information onto a screen. We once referred to raw timing data provided by the browser to measure performance. But the modern experience soon demanded metrics beyond DOMContentLoaded and Load events, but more complex measurements such as first paint, meaningful paint and time to interactive among others. Planet Of The APIs peruses present-day and even experimental practices employed in measuring web apps in the on going pursuit of providing stellar and performant user experiences.
A quarter century has passed since the first browser was released. Tim Berners-Lees pioneering spawned an industry that regaled in loading structured information onto a screen. We once referred to raw timing data provided by the browser to measure performance. But the modern experience soon demanded metrics beyond DOMContentLoaded and Load events, but more complex measurements such as first paint, meaningful paint and time to interactive among others. Planet Of The APIs peruses present-day and even experimental practices employed in measuring web apps in the on going pursuit of providing stellar and performant user experiences.
