Overview

Isn't it kinda fast?

Those of you who have been around Mirori-HP for a long time may be thinking, "Hasn't it gotten insanely fast again?" Well, this time I seriously worked on the Google PageSpeed Insights score. You can check v4.26.0 for the previous score (the Performance score was 77), and here's what it looks like now (Mobile).

Marvelous!

Highlights, or Rather, Release Notes

  • I got rid of the spinning thing that covered the whole screen when you first opened the site. Instead, I made the theme image spin. You probably have no idea what I'm talking about, so check out the top page.
  • In the end, loading huge libraries is just a waste of time. So I stopped loading all of Font Awesome and changed it to load only the icons I actually use.
  • Updated libraries across the board. Once you upgrade Bootstrap 4 to 5, you don't need jQuery anymore. Nice, right?
  • Compressed the images on Mobile even further.
  • Tried implementing lazy loading for images and JS. Images farther down the page can just be loaded later, after all.

Apparently, the Mobile performance test is run with older devices in mind, so raising the score was pretty tough. I'm already totally satisfied with the PC side!

The End

Making pages faster is fun. Google PageSpeed Insights is really useful, too. Having an actual score gives me a clear target, which is nice.