[thelist] objects and site speed

[Bob Meetin]

Has anyone got any data or thoughts correlating objects on a page and 
site speed?  I have a couple template sites that I have spent untold 
hours reducing the number of objects, combining CSS, etc in theory to 
improve site speed.  It feels like it works but I have not collected any 
hard evidence. Is it too incremental to matter?  Along these lines I 
have started writing some FAQ's regarding how to do trim them down.  I 
commonly use www.websiteoptimization.com to check sites. -Bob