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Yahoo's YSlow Plug-in Tells You Why Your Site is Slow

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the like-i-need-a-plugin-to-tell-me-i-suck dept.

Stoyan writes "Steve Souders, performance architect at Yahoo, announced today the public release of YSlow — a Firefox extension that adds a new panel to Firebug and reports page's performance score in addition to other performance-related features. Here is a review plus helpful tips how to make the scoring system match your needs.

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  1. /. gets a D by LoadWB · · Score: 4, Funny

    Interesting utility. Slashdot gets a D on the homepage, F on a comments page. Many media sites score Fs, mostly thanks to numerous ad and cookie sites.

    1. Re:/. gets a D by JuanCarlosII · · Score: 5, Funny

      Even better than that, http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/ gets a D for performance.

  2. Sure but by loconet · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet it doesn't actually tell you your site is being /.ed

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  3. Re:Another tool by danbert8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you slashdotted a website efficiency report of Slashdot. Shouldn't that cause a black hole or something?

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  4. Re:first post by Rod+Beauvex · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't you mean Slowverlords? :D

  5. F: You are co-located at 365 Main. by jea6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    F: You are co-located at 365 Main.

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  6. Friendlier Reporting by HitekHobo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I'd prefer it to use a bit more realistic reporting. How about: 1) Your web developer is a complete incompetent. 2) Buy more hardware, tightwad. 3) There is no need to add every script plugin you come across. 4) Animated gif's are annoying as well as slow to load. 5) Yes, it does take time to download and render an entire book in html.

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  7. Just the start of their new plugin scanners by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    YSucks - reveals why your site sucks.
    YMe - translates your site into emo-speak.

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