eliot_sykes

There are a few rules of thumb I see repeated regularly for web design, such as aiming for 1.5em+ for line-height in paragraph text and using dark grey instead of black text on white backgrounds.

What are your rules of thumb / hacks for improving your web designs?

If you're maintaining performance benchmarks for your web site, how are you doing it?

Software, services, automation, real browser vs. pinging, and alerting - it'd be interesting to see how HN is doing it, from one-person web apps to the big guys with dedicated performance teams.