⚡️ 80: Keep high engagement despite wait times

        27 July 2021

⚡️ 80: Keep high engagement despite wait times

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#### Editor’s note

We intend to make sites and applications fast. But not always that’s an achievable goal. Not everything *can* or *should* be fast.

So, what do we do in those cases? Performance is a multi-faceted challenge. It’s as much about development as it’s about design and content. We can ease the potential frustrations with informative copywriting. We can soothe or entertain with imagery. 

There are multiple ways to address speed—let’s think about them holistically to get the best results. 

Karolina

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# Articles

### [A Guide to Keeping Users Engaged While They Wait](https://medium.com/docusign-design/a-guide-to-keeping-users-engaged-while-they-wait-10713ab54c3d)

[Morgan Davis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/modavis/)

Is it possible to make waiting *not* a frustrating experience? Find out what DocuSign learned when testing different information amounts displayed while they processed people’s data.

### [The performance effects of too much lazy-loading](https://web.dev/lcp-lazy-loading/)

[Rick Viscomi](https://twitter.com/rick_viscomi) & [Felix Arntz](https://twitter.com/felixarntz)

Lazy loading images is a helpful strategy to improve speed, but it can have detrimental effects when overused. Know how to avoid negative impacts, especially when using CMSes like WordPress.

### [How to Eliminate Render-Blocking Resources: a Deep Dive](https://sia.codes/posts/render-blocking-resources/)

[Sia Karamalegos](https://twitter.com/thegreengreek)

Did you know your CSS and HTML can effectively block the rendering of the page? Get to know the critical rendering path and how to make sure no resources are blocking it.

# Case Studies

### [Quicklink Case Study: Faster Pages, Increased Page Views](https://medium.com/ynap-tech/quicklink-case-study-faster-pages-increased-page-views-1e829dbaa10c)

[Andrea Verlicchi](https://twitter.com/verlok)

Learn how using a library that prefetches pages linked to the current page can affect speed in positive and negative ways.

# Tools

### [Webpack Stats Difference](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/webpack-stats-difference)

[William DA SILVA](https://twitter.com/willia_am)

This Github Action will post Webpack statistics diffs directly in your pull requests. Handy if you’re keeping an eye on bundle size.

# Browsers

### [Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 128](https://webkit.org/blog/11925/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-128/)

[Jon Davis](https://twitter.com/jonathandavis)

The latest Safari Technology Preview includes the implementation of performance.timeOrigin, which is useful to compare timings of objects.

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