Faster apps for a faster web: introducing Speed Tracer. Do you ever wonder what's going on inside the browser when a webpage doesn't load or respond as quickly as it should? Many developers do, especially when trying to build powerful web applications for their users. But up until now, it's been difficult for developers to identify problems in a slow-to-respond application. So, tonight at Google Campfire One, we're happy to announce that we're adding a new tool to Google Web Toolkit called Speed Tracer.
Speed Tracer is a Google Chrome extension that enables developers to identify performance problems in their web apps using a "Sluggishness Graph," in combination with many other metrics. In the spirit of clean, simple design, developers need only look at the Y-Axis of their application's Sluggishness Graph to see how they're doing: We think developers will find that Speed Tracer looks under the covers of web applications like never before. Technically speaking, what makes Google Chrome fast? Earlier this year, we heard from many of you on how important speed is to your daily activities on the web. We kicked off a series of discussions with the Internet community on ways to make the web faster: from Internet protocols and best practices in website development, to improvements in the browser itself.
A lot of engineering effort is involved in making sure that a browser continually provides a fast, responsive, and satisfying experience on the web. We're excited to see modern browsers continue to push the envelope in designing and optimizing browser architecture for speed and performance. We've often been asked what makes Google Chrome so fast -- from its snappy start-up time and fast page-loading, to the ability to run complex web applications quickly. DNS pre-resolutionwith Jim Roskind What is DNS pre-resolution, and how does it make Google Chrome even faster? Why is DNS pre-resolution difficult to do? V8 JavaScript enginewith Mads Ager What is V8? What are DOM bindings? Delicious Chrome Extension, Add Delicious Buttons to Chrome. Monday, June 08, 2009 (Delicious Chrome Extension, Add Delicious Buttons to Chrome) Lately I’ve been hooked on Google Chrome. Chrome’s built in inspector even fills in nicely for FF’s robust Firebug extension.
But for browsing, I’ve really missed the ability to quickly add bookmarks to my Delicious account. Sure, I can add the delicious bookmarklets to Chromes bookmark bar, but then I need to leave that ugly bar across the top at all times. I’d much prefer it across the bottom, in cute icon form! Turns out, it’s really quite simple to create an extension for Google Chrome, so I created the Delicious Chrome Extension . Setup: You must be using a recent trunk build of Chrome or the Chrome dev channel release. Download and unzip the featured delicious-chrome-extension.zip file. To enable the support for extensions, edit the target field of the shortcut you use to launch Google Chrome. –enable-extensions –load-extension=”c:\path-to\delicious-chrome-extension” Bookmarks Here, Bookmarks There, Bookmarks Everywhere.
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