A lot of effort goes into minimizing the time needed to render a page on the server; however, it is easy to overlook optimization on the client-side.  The total time needed to display a page can be divided into two intervals: server processing time and the time between when the first byte is received by a user's browser until the page has finished loading.  Even if you're only serving static files, the total time to load a page can still be significant.  This entry discusses several techniques developers can use to improve client-side load times.