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Reports / Hollin & Co. / Request audit

Fewer requests, faster first view

Home page of hollin.example, mobile profile, measured before and after the fix round of 12 October.

BeforeAfterIllustrative figures

Requests

4819

29 fewer calls on first load

Transfer

3.91.4MB

Images and scripts trimmed

Load time

4.81.9s

Time to a usable page

Third-party calls

144

Two scripts removed

Before

48 requests
01s2s3s4s5s
  • hollin.example/Doc0.30s
  • main.cssCSS0.26s
  • theme-extra.cssCSS0.21s
  • slider.cssCSS0.18s
  • jquery.jsJS0.42s
  • slider.jsJS0.34s
  • analytics.jsJS0.38s
  • chat-widget.jsJS0.52s
  • hero-banner.jpgImage1.50s
  • serif-bold.woffFont0.48s
  • serif-italic.woffFont0.43s
  • sans-regular.woffFont0.40s
  • gallery-01.jpgImage1.35s
  • gallery-02.jpgImage1.40s
  • + 34 smaller requests

After

19 requests
01s2s3s4s5s
  • hollin.example/Doc0.24s
  • site.cssCSS0.18s
  • app.jsJS0.26s
  • hero-banner.webpImage0.52s
  • serif.woff2Font0.23s
  • sans.woff2Font0.21s
  • gallery-01.webpImage0.33s
  • gallery-02.webpImage0.32s
  • + 11 smaller requests
29requests removed
2.5 MBless to download
2.9 sfaster to a usable page

Weight by type

MB per first load
  • Scripts1.9 → 0.5
  • Images1.5 → 0.6
  • Fonts0.3 → 0.1
  • Styles0.2 → 0.1

What changed

5 of 7 fixes shipped
  • Three stylesheets merged into oneSaved 2 requests
  • Gallery photos resized and re-encodedSaved 1.6 MB
  • Old slider and chat widget removedSaved 6 requests
  • Fonts reduced from four files to twoSaved 2 requests