The document discusses optimizing content delivery for mobile performance. It begins with testing tools like Video Optimizer and WebPageTest to analyze mobile site performance. Common issues identified are long connection times, large files like images and videos, and lack of responsive delivery for different devices and network conditions. Best practices recommended to improve performance include using content delivery networks to cache content globally, compressing text and images, optimizing video formats and bitrates, and delivering the appropriate format and quality based on device and network. The goal is to minimize load times and avoid stalls during playback.
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1. It’s Time to Stop Stalling:
Doug Sillars
Google Developer Group – Novi Sad
March 7, 2018
Mobile/Web Performance and You
@DougSillars
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Standing in Line Standing on the
edge of a virtual
cliff
Experiencing
Mobile Delays
Solving a Math
Problem
https://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2016/mobility-report/emr-feb-2016-the-stress-of-steaming-delays.pdf
Stress
4. How Much Do Customers Hate Delays?
3s: 53% of Users Abandon Mobile Sites
500ms: 26% Frustration
8% Engagement
100ms: 1% Revenue Walmart & Amazon (Desktop 2001)
4% Mobile Users Throw Their Phones
https://www.doubleclickbygoogle.com/articles/mobile-speed-matters
http://bit.ly/mobileWebStress
http://www.globaldots.com/how-website-speed-affects-conversion-rates/
https://www.mobilejoomla.com/blog/172-responsive-design-vs-server-side-solutions-infographic.html
7. Cellular Networks Are High Latency Environments
• Connection Establishment 500-2500ms 50-250ms 1-10ms
• Round Trip Time (RTT) 200ms 100ms 8-50ms
3G 4G Wi-Fi
8. Today’s Goals
Test where your app/site is today
Common Tools
Learn best practices for speed
Learn from existing tests
See the results of performance
fixes
9. Testing Your Mobile Performance
Native Web
Free & Open Source Tools
Video Optimizer
https://developer.att.com/
Video-Optimizer
WebPageTest
https://www.webpagetest.org
https://webspeed.cloudinary.com
10. Testing With Video Optimizer
Run network traces on your
phone
1. Pick device
2. Collector type
3. Set network conditions
4. Decrypt HTTPS
5. Record screen?
6. Name
7. GO!
11. Video Optimizer
Video Optimizer
establishes a VPN
connection on Device
Collects all Traffic in/out
Device screen displayed
on your computer
Click Stop to end trace.
Files copied over to
computer for analysis.
16. Optimizing Content Delivery
1.Delivery Speed
Coin-hive.com is a cryptocurrency mining script that is used
in coin-jacking websites
They have one server in Germany.
Munich, DE ping:
10ms
San Jose, US
ping: 150ms
Singapore
ping: 200ms
Data Collected with Circonius
18. Optimizing Content Delivery
1.Delivery Speed: Content Delivery Networks
CDNs cache your
content at
various locations
around the
world – reducing
the round trip
time
38. Optimizing Content Delivery
Images
A random sample of 1,000 Twitter
images:
67% had room for optimization
(q_auto, f_auto)
Of 63,000 Twitter images, 1: 1000 >
50 KB (as high as 550KB)
https://dougsillars.com/2018/02/27/twitter-and-facebook-profile-images-already-optimized-or-is-
there-room-for-improvement/
45. Optimizing Content Delivery
Animated GIFs
Video Tags are slow:
Video is not pre-loaded, will be last to download
<video autoplay loop muted controls = "false” src="goats.mp4" />
Img tags are fast!
<picture>
<source type="video/mp4" srcset="cats.mp4">
<source type="image/webp" srcset="cats.webp">
<img src="cats.gif">
</picture>
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2017/animated-gif-without-the-gif/
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Buffer Rage
a state of uncontrollable fury or violent
anger induced by delayed or interrupted
streaming video content
http://www.ineoquest.com/press-releases/new-research-reveals-buffer-rage-as-techs-newest-epidemic
48. Video Startup Delay
After 2 seconds,
every additional
second corresponds
to 5.8% increase in
abandonment
https://www.akamai.com/kr/ko/multimedia/documents/technical-publication/video-stream-quality-impacts-viewer-behavior-inferring-causality-using-quasi-experimental-designs-technical-publication.pdf
50. Optimizing Content Delivery
What Leads to Startup Delay?
Manifest File:
List of Available
Streams
Player Chooses a Stream Stream Manifest:
List of Video Segments
Player Downloads
Segments into buffer
Video Plays
51. Optimizing Content Delivery
What Leads to Startup Delay?
#EXTM3U#
EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=8500000,RESOLUTION=1920x1080,sunflower1080/index1080.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=200000,RESOLUTION=416x234,sunflower234/index234.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=400000,RESOLUTION=480x270,sunflower270/index270.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=600000,RESOLUTION=640x360,sunflower360_600k/index360_600k.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1200000,RESOLUTION=640x360,sunflower360_1200k/index360_1200k.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3500000,RESOLUTION=960x540,sunflower540/index540.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=5000000,RESOLUTION=1280x720,sunflower720_5000k/index720_5000k.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=6500000,RESOLUTION=1280x720,sunflower720_6500k/index720_6500k.m3u8
Example Manifest file:
52. Optimizing Content Delivery
Video Streaming
Manifest File:
List of Available
Streams
Player selects
8.5 MBPS stream Stream Manifest:
List of Video Segments
Buffer takes a long
time to fill
Video Does Not Play
Player immediately changes the
stream choice to 600KBPS
54. Optimizing Content Delivery
What Leads to Startup Delay?
#EXTM3U#
EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=8500000,RESOLUTION=1920x1080,sunflower1080/index1080.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=200000,RESOLUTION=416x234,sunflower234/index234.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=400000,RESOLUTION=480x270,sunflower270/index270.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=600000,RESOLUTION=640x360,sunflower360_600k/index360_600k.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1200000,RESOLUTION=640x360,sunflower360_1200k/index360_1200k.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3500000,RESOLUTION=960x540,sunflower540/index540.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=5000000,RESOLUTION=1280x720,sunflower720_5000k/index720_5000k.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=6500000,RESOLUTION=1280x720,sunflower720_6500k/index720_6500k.m3u8
Example Manifest file:
8.5 MBPS is HIGH throughput for initial streaming
Best Practice: Pick middle throughput to balance startup time and quality
56. Optimizing Content Delivery
What Leads to Stalls?
Video Download
slower than playback,
so the video stalls
Buffer is filling, but
video has not resumed
64. Contest
1.Examine top websites from Alexa 500 with
https://Webspeedtest.cloudinary.com
1.https://www.alexa.com/topsites
2.Find the site with the most potential savings for
images.
3.Post the result in the Meetup Comments
4.Whoever finds the biggest savings will win a prize
courtesy of Cloudinary
Questions or issues? @dougsillars on twitter or e-mail highperformanceandroid@gmail.com