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My plan was simply to work on the primary navigation tab set. I also needed to do some prep for the weekly Web standards workshop today. But you know me...once I get started, it's hard to stop. I just couldn't help myself. I took a break on Saturday to help my brother move some furniture around for Mom. Other than that, I was immersed in code.

Check out the before and after.

Not a bad start. Using WebSiteOptimization.com to compare the two versions side-by-side, you can see that the total size of the optimized version (47 KB) is around 30% of the original (136 KB). The mark-up alone has been cut from 25 KB down to 9 KB. The CSS from 60 KB to 8 KB.

Ahhh....that feels good. Just put one foot in front of the other. With a little luck and a lotta faith, this thing (either in part or in whole) may see the light of day sometime before the end of the year. Until then, there is much to do. I want the layout to be flexible of course, so a strategy will need to be developed that allows for that, and at the same time ensures visual consistency with the legacy content. And I still think we can squeeze some more bytes out of this thing. Oh yeah....it looks great on the phone.

Update: