To improve your website’s loading speed on Microsoft Edge, you can utilize the Lighthouse tool available in the Edge DevTools. Here are some steps you can follow:
- Audit Your Site: Start with an audit using Lighthouse to establish a performance baseline and get actionable tips. Open DevTools by right-clicking on your webpage and selecting Inspect, or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+I (Windows, Linux) or Command+Option+I (macOS). Then, go to the Lighthouse tab, select the Performance category, and click Analyze page load.
- Review the Report: After the audit, review the performance report. Pay attention to the Overall performance score and the Metrics section, which provides insights into aspects like First Contentful Paint and Time To Interactive.
- Implement Recommendations: The Opportunities section will provide specific tips on how to improve loading speed. For example, it might suggest minimizing main-thread work or reducing JavaScript execution time.
- Use InPrivate Mode for Testing: If you encounter errors in the Lighthouse report, try running it again from an InPrivate window to avoid interference from other tabs or cached data.
- Optimize CSS and JavaScript: Consider splitting your CSS into critical and non-critical parts, and ensure that JavaScript is optimized to reduce blocking time during page load. You can also minify your CSS and JavaScript files to improve performance.
By following these steps, you should be able to enhance the loading speed of your website on Microsoft Edge.