Note: This site is currently "Under construction". I'm migrating to a new version of my site building software. Lots of things are in a state of disrepair as a result (for example, footnote links aren't working). It's all part of the process of building in public. Most things should still be readable though.

Checking web page efficiency

This is more a note for myself so that I can find it later. But if you ever want to see more about what's going on when your web browser pulls pages over the internet you can use a few Firefox extensions to gain a lot of insight. Key ones to use are: - FireBug - edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript - Web Developer Toolbar - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools. - YSlow - Add on for FireBug that adds more reporting about how the page is performing.

There is an article at IBM Developworks that has some info about a two of those and GreaseMonkey. It's worth reading as well.