Comments for Indolering http://www.indolering.com Engineering Usability and Design Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Problem with YSlow and Page Speed by indoleringhttp://www.indolering.com/load#comment-233 indolering Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:07:31 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=129#comment-233 I tuned it until my YSlow/Page Speed scores were very high and had the front page loading in under a second. However, it broke under the first heavy load and became very slow. I had to upgrade the VPS because we needed the additional memory and CPU time. I could try turning off gzip compression (as that seems to be a major issue for all servers) and see if it helps. Running it behind with nginx would be awesome, but it makes WP a PITA to administer. I tuned it until my YSlow/Page Speed scores were very high and had the front page loading in under a second. However, it broke under the first heavy load and became very slow. I had to upgrade the VPS because we needed the additional memory and CPU time.

I could try turning off gzip compression (as that seems to be a major issue for all servers) and see if it helps. Running it behind with nginx would be awesome, but it makes WP a PITA to administer.

]]> Comment on The Problem with YSlow and Page Speed by Patrick Meenanhttp://www.indolering.com/load#comment-231 Patrick Meenan Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:51:26 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=129#comment-231 Did you spend time configuring W3 Total Cache? The main benefits it provides aren't really the text compression or minification. It makes it easier to combine javascript and css files (and reduces the first byte times significantly for most sites by caching the html and eliminating the database lookups). It does take some work and tuning to get the most out of it but it is one of the easiest ways to implement a lot of good optimizations for WordPress (it also does browser-side cache extension for you by versioning the resources if you turn it on). Did you spend time configuring W3 Total Cache? The main benefits it provides aren’t really the text compression or minification. It makes it easier to combine javascript and css files (and reduces the first byte times significantly for most sites by caching the html and eliminating the database lookups).

It does take some work and tuning to get the most out of it but it is one of the easiest ways to implement a lot of good optimizations for WordPress (it also does browser-side cache extension for you by versioning the resources if you turn it on).

]]> Comment on Ubiquity Translator Command by Community Building and UI | Indoleringhttp://www.indolering.com/ubiquity-translate#comment-200 Community Building and UI | Indolering Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:45:18 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=178#comment-200 [...] concern is UI engineering; how can we help command developers create Humane commands? Earlier I blogged about the translate command, offering some suggestions, hoping it would help future command [...] [...] concern is UI engineering; how can we help command developers create Humane commands? Earlier I blogged about the translate command, offering some suggestions, hoping it would help future command [...]

]]> Comment on Movie Player Mockup *Updated* by indoleringhttp://www.indolering.com/ff-player#comment-199 indolering Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:19:37 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=150#comment-199 Aesthetically speaking, your are right. I let my love of Fitt’s law and embodied cognition get the best of me on that one. We should make it vertical. And there must be a more elegant way of communicating “full screen”… Aesthetically speaking, your are right. I let my love of Fitt’s law and embodied cognition get the best of me on that one. We should make it vertical. And there must be a more elegant way of communicating “full screen”…

]]> Comment on Movie Player Mockup *Updated* by indoleringhttp://www.indolering.com/ff-player#comment-197 indolering Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:19:18 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=150#comment-197 Yeah, I think Moz needs to centralize all of it’s graphics and UX related material… Yeah, I think Moz needs to centralize all of it’s graphics and UX related material…

]]> Comment on Movie Player Mockup *Updated* by Jeff Carlsenhttp://www.indolering.com/ff-player#comment-196 Jeff Carlsen Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:19:03 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=150#comment-196 I would consider creating a unified location for video related extensions. They’re bound to come around, and this would be the logical place to put the “share” buttons. I would consider creating a unified location for video related extensions. They’re bound to come around, and this would be the logical place to put the “share” buttons.

]]> Comment on Learning Ubiq P2: Support Structures by Learning Ubiquity P1: Minimalist Documentation | Indoleringhttp://www.indolering.com/support-structures#comment-191 Learning Ubiquity P1: Minimalist Documentation | Indolering Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:28:13 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=170#comment-191 [...] on how to improve auto-suggest in a more automated way in Part 3.Read (the much better, imho) Part 2Go to the Ubiquity Minimalist Documentation guidelines 0 Comments Short URL educational psychologyNo [...] [...] on how to improve auto-suggest in a more automated way in Part 3.Read (the much better, imho) Part 2Go to the Ubiquity Minimalist Documentation guidelines 0 Comments Short URL educational psychologyNo [...]

]]> Comment on Learning Ubiquity P1: Minimalist Documentation by Learning Ubiq P2: Support Structures | Indoleringhttp://www.indolering.com/minimalist-documentation#comment-190 Learning Ubiq P2: Support Structures | Indolering Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:24:51 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=168#comment-190 [...] Learning Ubiq P2: Support Structures by indolering on July 26, 2010 in UncategorizedAs outlined in Part 1, the traditional style of documentation is antithetical to actual usage.  Style is a major [...] [...] Learning Ubiq P2: Support Structures by indolering on July 26, 2010 in UncategorizedAs outlined in Part 1, the traditional style of documentation is antithetical to actual usage.  Style is a major [...]

]]> Comment on Movie Player Mockup *Updated* by Jan Hopmanshttp://www.indolering.com/ff-player#comment-198 Jan Hopmans Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:19:28 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=150#comment-198 I like this design; although the volume button could isn’t that great but it’s a huge improvement on the current movie player UI. I like this design; although the volume button could isn’t that great but it’s a huge improvement on the current movie player UI.

]]> Comment on Movie Player Mockup *Updated* by Mike Beltznerhttp://www.indolering.com/ff-player#comment-195 Mike Beltzner Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:03:19 +0000 http://www.indolering.com/?p=150#comment-195 Nice proposal – I tossed it up on the <a href="http://newdefault.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Mozilla UX tumblr</a>. Nice proposal – I tossed it up on the Mozilla UX tumblr.

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