By word Google, you’ve done it again. You’ve given we web folk another simple tool that makes our life easier, and our websites faster. The newest addition to the Google stable of website wonders is Google Page Speed. It’s officially open-source, and works in cahoots with FireFox and FireBug (so you need both those tools to run it).
Page Speed takes Firebug to another level, showing you some really cool stats and facts on your test page. Some of the coolest features are ….
- CSS Efficiency: It goes as far as advising how many, and which of your CSS rules are either “inefficient” or ”very inefficient” rules.
- Unused CSS: Do you have one big, sitewide style sheet? Google Page Speed will tell you the size, the %, AND which selectors are unused on the test page. It’s is a big eye opener when you see how much CSS is load but not necessary.
And there are plenty more worth mentioning, including …
- Script and Style order
- Proxy Caching
- Browser Caching
- JavaScript Optimisation
- Image Optimisation
- DNS Lookups
- Parallel Downloads
- and heaps more
Page Speed is a MUST try, so here’s the Google Page Speed download link.