I’m using the Net panel in Firebug to evaluate the performance of web pages I’m writing.
Specifically, I’m wondering what the precise meaning is of the stages for each resource that’s downloaded (i.e. DNS lookup, Connecting, Blocking, Sending, Waiting, receiving).
But more generally, is there a Firebug guide where I can look this stuff up?
The various stages correspond to the various states of the connection being made for the resource.
I don’t know of any documents on them and a quick look around the Firebug network page doesn’t show any explanations.There is some documentation in the resources area (wiki) of the Firebug site, though it looks like its subtly different than what is actually presented in the interface. They seem reasonably obvious to me, but I suppose I could be wrong, too.