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Yahoo! Performance Research and Case Studies at AJAXWorld

80-90% of the time it takes a web page to load is spent downloading components in the page

 AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West, which will take place September 23-26, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California, will present a session by Tenni Theurer entitled: "Yahoo! Performance Research and Case Studies."

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As web applications evolve to contain more functionality and content, 80-90% of the time it takes a web page to load is spent downloading components in the page (images, scripts, stylesheets, etc.). Solutions that reduce the number of components improve the user experience greatly by making pages load faster. This talk will highlight our latest research results and performance breakthroughs. Did you know that reducing the number of HTTP requests has the biggest impact on reducing response time? Preloading components is one way to reduce the number of components a user is likely to need in their next page. We'll also explore case studies to demonstrate how these solutions have accelerated the user experience on Yahoo!'s most prominent web pages.

Speaker Bio: Tenni Theurer manages the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, where she aligns business and engineering teams to build products better, faster, and more efficient. She has recently published a series of performance blogs on Yahoo's User Interface Blog. Prior to Yahoo!, Tenni worked in IBM’s Pervasive Computing group involved in developing high performance enterprise mobile solutions. She worked directly with customers on large-scale deployments and was involved in marketing and competitive research, as well as performance and development. Tenni holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.

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Yahoo! News Desk 07/31/07 10:15:20 AM EDT

As web applications evolve to contain more functionality and content, 80-90% of the time it takes a web page to load is spent downloading components in the page (images, scripts, stylesheets, etc.). Solutions that reduce the number of components improve the user experience greatly by making pages load faster. This talk will highlight our latest research results and performance breakthroughs. Did you know that reducing the number of HTTP requests has the biggest impact on reducing response time? Preloading components is one way to reduce the number of components a user is likely to need in their next page. We'll also explore case studies to demonstrate how these solutions have accelerated the user experience on Yahoo!'s most prominent web pages.