YSlow? Web Speed

I became aware of a new tool from Yahoo! today, YSlow. My curiosity was piqued when I realized that Steve Sounders of Yahoo was presenting at Google TechTalks ... not exactly a normal occurrence. If Google was interested in listening to the competition, then I should take note!

YSlow is a Firefox add-in which analyzes your web site, and gives it a speed rating. Better yet, it links back to Yahoo YSlow and explains what you need to fix. Here are some YSlow links to get you "quickly" started:

• Yahoo! YSlow Tool / Web Site
  • Demo Screencast
  • Google TechTalk Presentation (Steve Sounders)

In addition, I just realized that Google TechTalks are not listed on the Engineering Learning Wiki software engineering page. I will rectify that mistake.