Following from my previous post on Mobile Performance today we’re going to look at the second “P” which stands for Privacy. When we first started the company we talked to a lot of potential users about the issue of Privacy and the Internet. The feedback was unanimous, they wanted three things: Convenience Privacy Control So […]
Posts Categorized: User Experience
Measuring Mobile Web Performance – Simulated Vs. Real Time? (That is the Question)
I’m going to start this blog with a Quote from Shakespeare… To be, or not to be, that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. Taking a “little” liberty with this famous soliloquy I’m […]
Why Measuring the Real Mobile Web User Experience is so Valuable to your bottom line
Quality of Experience (QoE) is the ultimate barometer of whether or not an IT service is “successful” from a customer/consumer perspective. New application environments such as mobile require new types of metrics to assess not just response time and availability, but effective navigation and interaction with the application and application-supported processes at hand. (source: EMA […]
Why Web optimization is NOT the complete solution to making the Web go faster!
Everyday now we hear about someone offering to “speed” up the Web. They tout all manner of “measurement tools”. They say “if you measure it, you can manage it”. And if you can manage it then you can make things go faster. Nonsense! Let’s take this hypothetical case. You’ve called in all the worlds foremost […]
Measuring Mobile Web Performance: 101
Short version: From the end users perspective on a real device, connected to a Carrier network, anywhere in the world. Long version: Well here things get a little more complicated. There are always two different ways to measure User-Agent (the device) performance, whether it’s on the desktop or Over the Air (OTA)/On the device. This […]