Easier performance budget tracking + new JavaScript dashboard
Jun 1, 2018
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 Easier performance budget tracking + new JavaScript dashboardHi there, June has been an action-packed month here at SpeedCurve HQ. We introduced support for a new metric, released a handful of awesome features, and had a blast at the O'Reilly Velocity and Fluent conferences. Keep reading for more details on all of that, but first... Whether we're developing a feature or writing a blog post, our goal is to have everything we do help you, our users, in some way. If you have any questions, feedback, feature requests, or anything else you'd like to tell us, we're all ears. You can reply to this email or send us a note at support@speedcurve.com. As always, thanks for reading and for being part of the SpeedCurve community. Tammy .............................. See the true cost of JS with your JavaScript dashboardOne of the challenges of monitoring JS performance is figuring out which scripts are causing issues. To help, we're excited to introduce your new JavaScript dashboard, which lets you:
 .............................. Monitor your performance budgets with your Status dashboardOur goal: Make it easy for you to see at a glance the status of all your performance budgets so that you can quickly home in on the metrics that are hurting the most, and then drill down to diagnose the issues that are affecting performance the most. Your new Status dashboard lets you monitor and manage all your Synthetic and LUX performance budgets – and see budget violations – in one place.  The Status dashboard is part of your Favorites ecosystem. This ecosystem also allows you to:
.............................. New metric: First Input Delay shows how quickly your site responds to user interactionWe're excited to announce the availability of the First Input Delay (FID) metric as part of LUX, our RUM product. FID, Long Tasks, and interaction metrics combine to provide insight on how JavaScript on your page hogs the CPU and affects the user experience.  FID is only available in RUM (because synthetic tests don't have users that interact). If you're not already using RUM, start a free trial of LUX to see these metrics for your website. .............................. Meaningful UX performance metrics and how to improve themThe first question most folks ask about performance is "Which metrics should I care about?" The second question is "How do I improve them?" Lucky us, SpeedCurve founder Mark Zeman (@MarkZeman) has shared the slides from his recent O'Reilly Fluent talk, which answered both those questions. .............................. Becoming a team lead: A survival guideIf you missed SpeedCurver Joseph Wynn's (@Joseph_Wynn) fantastic O'Reilly Fluent talk about his journey from team member to team lead, then you missed a treat. But no fear... Joseph has written an excellent follow-up post on his blog, filled with useful tips and insights. .............................. Data protection and GDPR complianceWhen you use our service, you’re trusting us with your personal information. This isn’t news. That’s why data privacy and security have been built into our products and services long before now. We recently updated our terms of service to give you more visibility into how we collect, use, store, and delete data – not just for EU users, but for everyone. .............................. Where to find us IRLMark Zeman (@MarkZeman) will be at Web Directions: Code 2018 in Melbourne on August 1-2. He'll be talking about the latest UX performance metrics and how to use them to create better experiences for your users. |
