Hi Ernest,
Thank you for explaining to me what blocking is all about. That was helpful!
From what you’ve said there is actually no problem here. I think this is probably only affecting the stats in GTmetrix. I’ve learned to take the metrics in GTmetrix with a grain of salt, as they never appear to be UX time-frames. By comparison the total times provided in Pingdom tend to be more what the user actually expreriences. I use GTmetrix because it is very detailed, and helps to identify problems.
I’m in the middle of a lot of performance related work, so when I saw that 6 second blocking I assumed it was part of the problem. Thanks for clearing this up!
The only icons that we’re using are the checkmark, search icon, and settings icon. You know, I think there is room for a feature here. Many people already load FontAwesome in one version or another. I often see it loaded by multiple plugins. It would be a good settings option to disable it from loading in ASP when it is already loaded elsewhere. I’ve seen plugins offer options like this to avoid loading fonts multiple times.
I may experiment here with removing the font file just to see what happens. But either way, this would be a great option to have in settings.
Food for thought!
Thank you as always for the fast help… =)
~ Michael