TermCraft conventionFoundational
Interaction to Next Paint
How quickly the page reacts when you click or type.
Definition
A measure of responsiveness across a visit, reporting the latency of interactions.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
How quickly the page reacts when you click or type.
Example
Heavy client-side JavaScript is the usual cause of a poor score.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Doherty ThresholdLaw
- Optimistic UIPattern
- Performance as User ExperienceUI foundation
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.