Welcome to the Better Web
We're developing better techniques, building better software, and providing better services to help Web designers, developers, and enthusiasts build better websites.
About Us
We are Restive...because we have to be. Keeping up with devices, networks, and user expectations makes building for the modern Web painful and problematic. We're on a noble quest to make the Web natively mobile-friendly, fast, and intelligent.
Learn more about RestiveServices
Is your website the best that it could be? Is it mobile-friendly? And fast? And intelligent? If not, you could be alienating your customers and doing harm to your business.
We have one job: to make your website prodigious. Find out more about how we can help you excel on the Web!
Learn more about our ServicesTestaments
Testimonials are great, but Testaments are even better. We are only as good as the results we achieve for our clients. Here's our scorecard from a recent project.
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HD ButterCup
Name
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www.hdbuttercup.com
URL
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California, USA
Location
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Magento Enterprise
Platform
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Before
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NO
Mobile-friendly
Did not pass Google Mobile-friendly Test
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NO
Responsive
Layout did not adjust to flexible browser window
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NO
Fast
Did not score A or B on Restive Performance Grading
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61.4% • D
Restive Performance Score
score • grade
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76% • C
Pagespeed (SPEED - DESKTOP)
score • grade
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57% • F
Pagespeed (SPEED - MOBILE)
score • grade
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4310
Speed Index - Cable
Speed Index over Cable Internet (5Mbps download)
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9636
Speed Index - 3G
Speed Index over Mobile 3G Internet (1.6Mbps download)
After
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YES
Mobile-friendly
Passed Google Mobile-friendly Test
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YES
Responsive
Layout adjusts in flexible browser window
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YES
Fast
Scored B on Restive Performance Grading
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87.8% • B
Restive Performance Score
score • grade
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77% • C
Pagespeed (SPEED - DESKTOP)
score • grade
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76% • C
Pagespeed (SPEED - MOBILE)
score • grade
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1770
Speed Index - Cable
Speed Index over Cable Internet (5Mbps download)
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4620
Speed Index - 3G
Speed Index over Mobile 3G Internet (1.6Mbps download)
Insights
We keep tabs on how the modern Web works for users around the world, and we put our findings in our State of the Modern Web reports. This gives you a good sense of the overall readiness of websites.
#SOMW
Blog
We try to take some time out every month to blog about Web design and development, or anything else interesting happening at Restive, or around the Web.
Here's our latest post:
The Big CSS Media Query Mistake
Today, CSS media queries just happens to be the functional cornerstone of responsive Web design. But, it was never designed for what everyone's using it for today, and the proof is in the practice.