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· 0 checks — Desktop Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.Detailed Report
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Performance
Insights
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
Featured
In Barcelona, 200 residents co-created an award-winning opera, as par… main#content > div.homepage-slider > div.swiper-wrapper > div.swiper-slide | www.cwi.nl/images/58806/La_gata_perduda_verbeterd.2e16d0ba.fill-1920x866.png | 1.8 MiB | 1.6 MiB |
Chair of SEN symposium announcing award div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | /images/59161/CWI_SEN_Symposium_2025_aangepast.e4af3d34.f... | 239.5 KiB | 209.8 KiB |
Lynda Hardman poses with her award together with another award winner. div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | www.cwi.nl/images/59065/lynda_hardman_award.2e16d0ba.fill-427x427.png | 237.7 KiB | 208.0 KiB |
div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | www.cwi.nl/images/59036/CWI_Algemeen_20_10_04-097.0038b6f3.fill-427x427.jpg | 52.3 KiB | 22.7 KiB |
Each subpart has specific improvement strategies. Ideally, most of the LCP time should be spent on loading the resources, not within delays.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.css | 238.5 KiB | 244 ms |
These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.
Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| cwi.nl/ | 635 ms |
| www.cwi.nl/ | 784 ms |
| www.cwi.nl/en/ | 0.0 ms |
Keep the server response time for the main document short because all other requests depend on it. Learn more about the Time to First Byte metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| www.cwi.nl/en/ | 902 ms |
Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Diagnostics
Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.css | 238.0 KiB | 215.4 KiB |
Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.js | 137.3 KiB | 77.3 KiB |
| cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.9/config/TeX-MML-AM_CHTML.js?V=2.7.9 | 64.9 KiB | 34.8 KiB |
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | |
|---|---|
Chair of SEN symposium announcing award div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | /images/59161/CWI_SEN_Symposium_2025_aangepast.e4af3d34.f... |
Lynda Hardman poses with her award together with another award winner. div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | www.cwi.nl/images/59065/lynda_hardman_award.2e16d0ba.fill-427x427.png |
div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | www.cwi.nl/images/59036/CWI_Algemeen_20_10_04-097.0038b6f3.fill-427x427.jpg |
Laura Hollink div.block_wrapper > div.news-list__grid > a.news-list__item > img.news-list__item-image | /images/58992/Laura-Hollink__Beta_2026_Harold-va.de4a18fb... |
CWI logo body > div.pre-footer > div.pre-footer__content > img.pre-footer__logo | www.cwi.nl/static/images/logos/cwi-logo-english-white.svg |
NWO logo div.footer__column > div.footer__nwo-wrapper > a > img | www.cwi.nl/static/images/nwo-logo.svg |
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Accessibility
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.
Contrast
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
Research nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Education nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Results nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
News nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Events nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Collaboration nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Work@CWI nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
About nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Best practices
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
+31 20 592 9333 div > ul.footer__contact > li.footer__contact-item > a.footer__contact-link |
info@cwi.nl div > ul.footer__contact > li.footer__contact-item > a.footer__contact-link |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
Research nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Education nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Results nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
News nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Events nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Collaboration nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Work@CWI nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
About nav.header__primary-nav > ul.header__primary-nav-links > li.header__primary-nav-item > button.header__primary-nav-link |
Best Practices
General
Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.js line 1, col 139846 | TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener')
at https://www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.js:2:139847
at https://www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.js:2:139900
at https://www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.js:2:140531
at https://www.cwi.nl/static/main-c4db4aa6310f0cf78ada.js:2:140535 |
SEO
These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.
Content Best Practices
Meta descriptions may be included in search results to concisely summarize page content. Learn more about the meta description.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.