Comments for Trent Walton http://trentwalton.com Trent Walton's Web Site Mon, 6 Sep 2010 16:17:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Non Hover by Trent http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/05/non-hover/#comment-4960 Trent Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:17:10 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3576#comment-4960 @<a href="#comment-4956" rel="nofollow">John</a>: That would surely work in many cases. I'm mainly referring to UIs that are dependent upon hover states to function. @John: That would surely work in many cases. I’m mainly referring to UIs that are dependent upon hover states to function.

]]> Comment on Non Hover by John http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/05/non-hover/#comment-4956 John Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:11:29 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3576#comment-4956 <blockquote>Ultimately, I think seeing hover states fade away will make the web a better place.</blockquote> Why can't we just keep the hover states for those who use desktops and at the same time apply active states for touch-screen devices?

Ultimately, I think seeing hover states fade away will make the web a better place.

Why can’t we just keep the hover states for those who use desktops and at the same time apply active states for touch-screen devices?

]]> Comment on Inception Movie Poster by Liam D http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/27/inception-movie-poster/#comment-4843 Liam D Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:42 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3754#comment-4843 Hey, any chance of this as a wallpaper without the text? really liking the design, and wanting to use it for my media centre, but maybe sans-text? Great work, though! Hey, any chance of this as a wallpaper without the text? really liking the design, and wanting to use it for my media centre, but maybe sans-text? Great work, though!

]]> Comment on Inception Movie Poster by fcb http://trentwalton.com/2010/07/27/inception-movie-poster/#comment-4791 fcb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:34:32 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3754#comment-4791 Awesome movie. The totems really are a good idea. Awesome movie. The totems really are a good idea.

]]> Comment on Don’t Make Me Wait by FabD http://trentwalton.com/2010/08/24/dont-make-me-wait/#comment-4716 FabD Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:57:25 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3836#comment-4716 An excellent plugin for Wordpress "W3 total cache" (Easy, configurable and very powerful). I've replace WP Super Cache with this plugin. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/ An excellent plugin for WordPress “W3 total cache” (Easy, configurable
and very powerful). I’ve replace WP Super Cache with this plugin.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

]]> Comment on Don’t Make Me Wait by BJ http://trentwalton.com/2010/08/24/dont-make-me-wait/#comment-4714 BJ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:32:53 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3836#comment-4714 Thanks again.. Can't wait for the next story!!! Keep it up. Thanks again..

Can’t wait for the next story!!!
Keep it up.

]]> Comment on Don’t Make Me Wait by Tuhin Kumar http://trentwalton.com/2010/08/24/dont-make-me-wait/#comment-4661 Tuhin Kumar Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:54:54 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3836#comment-4661 Hey Trent, Totally love how this text becomes the precursor to Dave's brilliant article on Wordpress and Performance. I have read his article and also yours on Trimming the Fat and have noted the things I want to do. Also since I use WP-Cache for the minimisation and gzip of the resources, so I can't say how it compares to manual methods but an important thing to keep in mind. Since my blog is art directed, I had been neglecting the efficiency of CSS (frankly I never knew about it) and also the optimisation of graphics loaded in each article. I love the way you nut cracked the user's intention of "waiting for the good thing" where the thing is not YOUR SITE but the end result of using your site actually. All in all love how it spanned from the guesswork you started with the dribbble shot! :) Hey Trent,
Totally love how this text becomes the precursor to Dave’s brilliant article on WordPress and Performance. I have read his article and also yours on Trimming the Fat and have noted the things I want to do. Also since I use WP-Cache for the minimisation and gzip of the resources, so I can’t say how it compares to manual methods but an important thing to keep in mind.
Since my blog is art directed, I had been neglecting the efficiency of CSS (frankly I never knew about it) and also the optimisation of graphics loaded in each article.
I love the way you nut cracked the user’s intention of “waiting for the good thing” where the thing is not YOUR SITE but the end result of using your site actually. All in all love how it spanned from the guesswork you started with the dribbble shot! :)

]]> Comment on Don’t Make Me Wait by Trent http://trentwalton.com/2010/08/24/dont-make-me-wait/#comment-4655 Trent Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:12:37 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3836#comment-4655 @<a href="#comment-4642" rel="nofollow">malihu</a>: <blockquote>People don’t mind loading times so much as long as they feel that everything work as expected.</blockquote> I'm not sure I'd be comfortable making that assumption in any situation. I agree that load bars can be great indicators, but I think that for the most part people <em>do</em> mind the wait. Considering my own browsing habits, I close out windows the second I see a load bar unless it's a site I really want to be at. @malihu:
People don’t mind loading times so much as long as they feel that everything work as expected.

I’m not sure I’d be comfortable making that assumption in any situation. I agree that load bars can be great indicators, but I think that for the most part people do mind the wait. Considering my own browsing habits, I close out windows the second I see a load bar unless it’s a site I really want to be at.

]]> Comment on Don’t Make Me Wait by Sebastian http://trentwalton.com/2010/08/24/dont-make-me-wait/#comment-4644 Sebastian Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:47:13 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3836#comment-4644 I totally agree to your points! Speed is King for every web app or web service. I remember well how much we tried and discussed at our social productivity service "Idonext" (http://www.idonext.com) relating where our servers and often-loaded code parts are distributed on the planet (web roundtrip time!), fine-tuning Javascript of the Web 2.0 web app and nervously monitoring how long Ajax/XHR requests take over the day on different locations and under different server load situations. These days users expect a website and especially a web app to feel more and more like a desktop app. And UI speed/performance is still the major difference between web and desktop. That’s why for example we nearly completely set on Ajax for a web app and optimize wherever and whatever we can. A web app’s page is actually NOT ALLOWED to reload (and become white for some seconds) and every necessary data needs to load silently in the background without disturbing the user. I totally agree to your points! Speed is King for every web app or web service. I remember well how much we tried and discussed at our social productivity service “Idonext” (http://www.idonext.com) relating where our servers and often-loaded code parts are distributed on the planet (web roundtrip time!), fine-tuning Javascript of the Web 2.0 web app and nervously monitoring how long Ajax/XHR requests take over the day on different locations and under different server load situations.

These days users expect a website and especially a web app to feel more and more like a desktop app. And UI speed/performance is still the major difference between web and desktop. That’s why for example we nearly completely set on Ajax for a web app and optimize wherever and whatever we can. A web app’s page is actually NOT ALLOWED to reload (and become white for some seconds) and every necessary data needs to load silently in the background without disturbing the user.

]]> Comment on Don’t Make Me Wait by Bret Glassett http://trentwalton.com/2010/08/24/dont-make-me-wait/#comment-4643 Bret Glassett Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:32:08 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=3836#comment-4643 One more note - often in doing our memory intensive sites (such as Magento ecommerce) we find that the server hardware itself and its configuration can make volumes of difference in a site performance; at least for the users with hi speed connections. SSD rules. Cheers, Bret One more note – often in doing our memory intensive sites (such as Magento ecommerce) we find that the server hardware itself and its configuration can make volumes of difference in a site performance; at least for the users with hi speed connections. SSD rules.

Cheers,
Bret

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