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Andrea Verlicchi

Making the web faster and more user-friendly

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  1. My Favorite Features of iOS 18: A Game-Changer for Multilingual Users and More

    With each new iOS release, I always look forward to exploring the latest features Apple has to offer. iOS 18 has introduced several changes, some small and subtle, others more profound, that have significantly enhanced my user experience. Here are my favorite new features in iOS 18 and why I think they’re a game-changer.

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  2. Mitigating CLS Caused by Promotional Banners: A Practical Solution

    Let's explore a practical solution for mitigating Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) caused by promotional banners on websites. It explains how to prevent unexpected layout shifts by using sessionStorage to remember the banner's content and display state across page loads.

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  3. Impressions on the Google I/O Connect 2024 + GDE Forum in Berlin

    As well as last year, I was invited to Google I/O Connect EMEA 2024. And as a Google Developer Expert (GDE), on the next day I also took part to the GDE Forum in Berlin Google offices. My impressions are in this blog post.

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  4. Talk: How I made the web more responsive — real-world case studies of INP optimizations

    In May 2024, I began speaking at local meetups and conferences about enhancing web responsiveness. Specifically, I discuss debugging and avoiding slow interactions based on my experience on auditing Interaction to Next Paint (INP) on clients' websites. Find here videos, slides, dates and locations my talk.

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  5. Jake Archibald's talk "In the loop", transposed

    Jake Archibald's talk "In the loop" is still one of the best sources of information on how browsers process tasks and are able to respond to user input. As I didn't find anything as comprehensible as that in text format, I transposed his talk into this blog post.

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  6. Web performance snippets to debug INP in Chrome dev tools

    After keeping them on my computer for some days, I decided to publish on GitHub this set of web performance snippets to debug INP in Chrome developer tools, or to report data to your analytics.

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  7. How to use scheduler.yield to improve web pages responsiveness

    Google Chrome is introducing a new feature called scheduler.yield. This feature allows web developers to explicitly tell the browser to yield control to the main thread. Here are the key points.

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  8. Preparing for Interaction to Next Paint (INP), a new Core Web Vital starting March 2024

    As a web performance consultant, I'm always on the lookout for new developments that impact the user experience of websites. One such upcoming change is the introduction of a new metric called Interaction to Next Paint (INP) by Google. Set to become a Core Web Vital in March 2024, INP is designed to measure the time it takes for a website to respond to user interactions. In this blog post, we will delve into what INP is, why it matters, and how companies can prepare themselves to ensure their websites meet this crucial web performance metric.

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  9. Talk: How and Why ($) to optimize web performance in 2023

    In 2023 I've been speaking about web performance at conferences, Google Developer Groups (GDG) and local meetups all over Europe. The title of this talk is "How and Why ($) to improve web performance, practical tips for 2023".

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  10. I'm a Google Developer Expert for Web Performance

    In December 2023 I became a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Web Performance. Google Developer Experts is a Google program to create a global network of professionals, influencers, and thought leaders, and enable them to share their knowledge with the developer community, like speaking at events, sharing best practices, and mentoring others.

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33 more posts can be found in the archive.