[mh-]

my first (cold cache) load of the homepage took about 7-8 seconds to be usable but the rest feels fluid.

don't be discouraged, after the initial load it performs better than most sites that look this nice.

[dblock]

Thanks for the kind words. We load 1GB of CSS and JS. OK, maybe I am exaggerating :) It's a constant struggle between "it looks and feels amazing" and "it's super fast".