HTTP Optimization the easy way: Part 1, how do I know?

Modern websites necessarily make a lot of requests for resources back to the server.  Through books like those by Steve Souders we’ve become increasingly aware that each of these requests causes a delay in whatever it is your user has requested being downloaded and displayed. If you don’t have both of Steve’s books, get them…and spend an hour or two going through his site…it’s awesome stuff. The