@richardwestenra

A non-technical guide to the technical aspects of the new website

“In our new study, ‘The Need for Mobile Speed’, we found that 53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if pages take longer than 3 seconds to load”

— DoubleClick

People dislike using sites that are slow, janky, unresponsive, etc.

A very brief history of websites







Static HTML

Server-side templating

Static site generators

Fat clients

Performance isn't optional, it's built-in

Works offline

Old QB website

New QB website

staging.quantumblack.com