Matt Hobbs, GDS, Head of Frontend

Why we focus on frontend performance

Matt Hobbs, GDS, Head of Frontend, 18 April 2019 - GOV.UK Performance, Transformation

The Government Digital Service recently updated guidance on frontend performance. We focus heavily on improving web performance as GOV.UK is accessed from various devices and connectivity. Here’s why you need to focus on it too.

Making GOV.UK pages load faster and use less data

Matt Hobbs, GDS, Head of Frontend, 4 October 2018 - Transformation

We changed the way fonts load on GOV.UK to speed up loading times on old devices with slow connection speeds.

Changing our testing requirements for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10

Matt Hobbs, GDS, Head of Frontend, 26 June 2018 - Tools

Service team developers no longer need to test on Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 (old versions of IE) when following our ‘designing for different browsers and devices’ guidance.

We’ve added Samsung Internet to our browser testing recommendations

Matt Hobbs, GDS, Head of Frontend, 26 February 2018 - GOV.UK, Tools

We update our browser testing recommendations in the Service Manual every 6 months. Samsung Internet is the latest addition to our list to test your service in.

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