Comments on: Faster Web Pages Makes Users Happy http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/faster-web-pages-makes-users-happy/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:10:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Marc Siry http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/faster-web-pages-makes-users-happy/#comment-892865 Marc Siry Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:39:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=17150#comment-892865 <p>It's typical of business or creative types to assume 'broadband=fast load,' and request or specify websites with hundreds of objects that pile on the request latency, complex scripts that increase render time, and enormous Flash files that download megabytes of data before becoming interactive.</p> <p>This is typically the root cause of slow loading websites... a little time spent going over the numbers and the physical limitations of the Internet's ability to transfer data (such as TCP/IP overhead for hundreds of tiny requests) usually solves it. No one wants a painfully slow site.</p> <p>(By the way, I'm a 'creative business' type myself- I've just paid attention and learned from the tech folks who have been preaching this for years).</p> It’s typical of business or creative types to assume ‘broadband=fast load,’ and request or specify websites with hundreds of objects that pile on the request latency, complex scripts that increase render time, and enormous Flash files that download megabytes of data before becoming interactive.

This is typically the root cause of slow loading websites… a little time spent going over the numbers and the physical limitations of the Internet’s ability to transfer data (such as TCP/IP overhead for hundreds of tiny requests) usually solves it. No one wants a painfully slow site.

(By the way, I’m a ‘creative business’ type myself- I’ve just paid attention and learned from the tech folks who have been preaching this for years).

]]> By: Niraj http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/faster-web-pages-makes-users-happy/#comment-892817 Niraj Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:02:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=17150#comment-892817 <p>Yeah, that really is a no-brainer. For anyone that doesn't already know Firebug is an incredible Firefox extension for optimizing load times. It will show (and graph) the load times of images, scripts, CSS and much more. Pretty invaluable for web developers.</p> <p>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843</p> Yeah, that really is a no-brainer. For anyone that doesn’t already know Firebug is an incredible Firefox extension for optimizing load times. It will show (and graph) the load times of images, scripts, CSS and much more. Pretty invaluable for web developers.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

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