SpeedCurve | The psychology of site speed and human happiness
February 2, 2024
In the fourteen years that I’ve been working in the web performance industry, I’ve done a LOT of research, writing, and speaking about the psychology of page speed – in other words, why we crave fast, seamless online experiences. In fact, the entire first chapter of my book, Time Is Money (reprinted here courtesy of the good folks at O’Reilly), is dedicated to the subject. I recently shared some of my favourite research at Beyond Tellerrand (video here) and thought it would be fun to round it up in a post. Here we’re going to cover:
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We can measure all the vitals we want, but it’s the the need for speed, as Tom Cruise put it, that we feel. Tammy Everts brings to bear her immense experience and research to the topic.
Luke Denton also addressed this very topic at Web Directions Code last year.
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