Chapter 6: 20 Tips for Optimizing CSS Performance
by Craig Buckler
In this article, we look at 20 ways to optimize your CSS so that it’s faster-loading, easier to work with and more efficient.
According to the latest HTTP Archive reports, the web remains a bloated mess with the mythical median website requiring 1,700Kb of data split over 80 HTTP requests and taking 17 seconds to fully load on a mobile device.
The Complete Guide to Reducing Page Weight provides a range of suggestions. In this article, we’ll concentrate on CSS. Admittedly, CSS is rarely the worst culprit and a typical site uses 40KB spread over five stylesheets. That said, there are still optimizations you can make, and ways to change how we use CSS that will boost site performance. ...
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