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The Chrome Speed Metrics Team is looking to improve their responsiveness metrics, the hidden cost of GIFs, Performance Pitfalls, and more. [View in browser]( [WebPageTest Logo] Responsiveness, GIFs, Pitfalls, & Accessibility. Oh my. June 23, 2021 [chromey] ARTICLE The Chrome Speed Metrics team is looking to develop a [better responsivness metric]( & welcome feedback. We love how the Chrome team is constantly looking to improve metrics and essentially brainstorming with the performance community. They share why they chose FID over other metrics to measure responsiveness and how it can potentially be extended to all user inputs. [Read the Article]( [image-4] ARTICLES Hey Doug, what you got [against GIFs](?? Oh ok, they come with (3rd Party) baggage... Doug Sellers runs a WebPageTest and discovers there's far more to animated GIFs, like downloaded JavaScript, than dancing animals. If you've embedded GIFs on your site, you might want to check out this analysis! [Read the Article]( [Screen Shot 2021-06-23 at 10.23.14 AM] VIDEO This was fun. Jake Archibald & Surma deliver their [Top 10 Web Performance Pitfalls](. From sprites and icon fonts to content loaded with JavaScript, this was a super fun session from the Google Chrome Developers Youtube channel. [Watch the Video]( [Screen Shot 2021-06-23 at 10.01.08 AM] SMASHING MAGAZINE A Complete [Guide to Accessibility Tooling]( by Nic Chan. Tools include: accessibility extensions, colors, testing tools, compatibility, focus management, layout usability, linters, markup, reading level, test suites and CI, and User Preferences. p.s. Nic developed the [WebPageTest blog]( on with Eleventy on Netlify. Give her [a follow](! ð A few good links [Serving sharp images to high density screens (Jake Archibald)]( [Breaking Down the Performance API (CSS Tricks)]( [The Cost of 100% Reliability (Expedia Group Technology)]( WebPageTest API promo pricing ends July 1 If you're not using the API to integrate front-end performance data into Github, Slack, Google Sheets, Grafana, or literally anywhere, now is the time. [Check out the API]( â¡ Did a friend send this to you? What a pal! [Sign up]( to get this email in your inbox every week. Also be sure to follow us on [Twitter]( and [Twitch](. We're hellbent on posting great front-end performance content! Catchpoint, 150 West 30th Street, Suite 3, New York, New York 10001, United States [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](