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Comment #46191808
Around May I posted a critical CSS generator and it got some attention. I found a word-for-word copy that performs better in Google but has worse results IMO, recently received an …
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Comment #43955939
Nice post about backdrop filter! I did change the trigger for the scroll so glad it works
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Comment #43955836
I will take that into account, what you write makes sense! I had actually debated on how to handle the loader and prioritized UI over experience and just showing the content ASAP a…
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Comment #43929012
cool! thanks! I actually really like Nuxt
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Comment #43928990
I used it on a pure html, js and css static site with bootstrap, it was useful there to me
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Comment #43928969
not really, I think it just wasn't able to read a css file, I saw some other comments, will check this error, maybe give me visual feedback to the user
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Comment #43928943
Hey Chris! you're talking about kigo.studio, right? can you tell me which version of firefox you are using? I tested it on my mac firefox 135.0.1 (aarch64) and it works fine I don'…
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Comment #43928849
hehe I didn't use this tool for Kigo's site since I built it from scratch, the loader is used because of the BG videos, I wanted the videos to load completely before showing the pa…
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Comment #43928745
Yes, this is for specific use cases, I don't have a use for this for sites where I coded everything myself, this has been useful for static sites where I downloaded a template that…
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Comment #43928717
Will check this case, thanks!
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Comment #43928691
Yes, for first view page and it is a trade off, best approach is writing all the styles and code yourself, not use libraries, etc.
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Comment #43928668
hehe, I know... I should think about that, I got tons of visits but unsure this is worthwhile since it appears it's not that useful for most people?
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Comment #43928635
Yeap, I had to change some styles after applying this but managed to get CLS to 0 for the websites, I know this isn't useful for everyone but it was really useful for me as I have …
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Comment #43928610
it's based on penthouse, honestly, the most "difficult" part of this was setting up CloudRun with docker to get puppeteer to work and be able to wait whatever amount of time the us…
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Comment #43928557
interesting! thanks!
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Comment #43928506
nice!
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Comment #43928484
I know... to be fair, I did test this for my use cases on older phones with throttled slower connections and it did improve the UX but I get what you're saying, I think it also dep…
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Comment #43928444
Oh, writing clean css, html and js is THE WAY TO GO but you might inherit a messy project, download a template or even work on a project you coded poorly
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Comment #43928401
There are definitely better ways, however, for some scenarios and time constraint, this tool was really useful, e.g., I used a template, since the budget was tight and it had 10,00…
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Comment #43928038
you are right, I will add this option, probably replace the 'before body' option, the 'DOMCONTENTLOADED' option has worked wonders for me, even tested it on old phones and slower c…
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Comment #43920141
I will test it out, didn't find it!
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Comment #43901496
I searched online for tools to extract the critical css of a website for one of my clients, I couldn't find one that did the job so I did so after using Puppeteer locally and then …
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