Comments on: Springwidgets.com http://www.coderchris.com/web-development/springwidgetscom/2008/06/17 Head of Technology at Endemol Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris http://www.coderchris.com/web-development/springwidgetscom/2008/06/17/comment-page-1#comment-709 Chris Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:37:13 +0000 http://www.coderchris.com/2008/06/17/springwidgetscom/#comment-709 I admit I've not delved into the code enough to determine where the speed problems lay (don't have the time I'm afraid), but there are couple of things that may be a cause off the top of my head. A lot of the widgets rely on third party content so the request probably goes mysite->spingwidgets->thirdparty->(possibly springwidgets)->mysite If this is the case then round trip alone can cause significant lag to the originating site. The ways I'd look to resolve this would be pre-caching of information at springwidgets, so only one request has to be made. Geographic distribution of the caches so there's at least a major one on each continent. Provision of a local caching plugin for people who can implement such things (e.g. self hosted wordpress users) - this could also provide a distributed cache of content should things go that far, and its in the user agreement that by using the plugin you can also become a node (or have an opt-in/out). If flash is being used pre-cache content client side while the user is looking at the main portion of the site if possible. I admit I’ve not delved into the code enough to determine where the speed problems lay (don’t have the time I’m afraid), but there are couple of things that may be a cause off the top of my head.

A lot of the widgets rely on third party content so the request probably goes mysite->spingwidgets->thirdparty->(possibly springwidgets)->mysite

If this is the case then round trip alone can cause significant lag to the originating site.

The ways I’d look to resolve this would be pre-caching of information at springwidgets, so only one request has to be made.

Geographic distribution of the caches so there’s at least a major one on each continent.

Provision of a local caching plugin for people who can implement such things (e.g. self hosted wordpress users) – this could also provide a distributed cache of content should things go that far, and its in the user agreement that by using the plugin you can also become a node (or have an opt-in/out).

If flash is being used pre-cache content client side while the user is looking at the main portion of the site if possible.

]]> By: don http://www.coderchris.com/web-development/springwidgetscom/2008/06/17/comment-page-1#comment-693 don Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:45:20 +0000 http://www.coderchris.com/2008/06/17/springwidgetscom/#comment-693 Thanks for your interest in SpringWidgets. We are always looking for ways to improve our product. I'd love to have you get in contact with our developers to see if you could discuss the issues that you are having with the load time. I'd like to determine where you are seeing the problem so that we can eliminate it. thanks! -Don (SpringWidgets) Thanks for your interest in SpringWidgets. We are always looking for ways to improve our product. I’d love to have you get in contact with our developers to see if you could discuss the issues that you are having with the load time. I’d like to determine where you are seeing the problem so that we can eliminate it.

thanks!

-Don (SpringWidgets)

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