[thelist] site speed
Bob Meetin
ontheroad at frii.com
Mon Nov 6 08:11:09 CST 2006
Once before I asked a similar question to what I am about to ask. To
check site speed I commonly go to the www.websiteoptimization.com link,
which is included in the http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/
toolbar for Firefox. That is a "nice" tool.
By choice I use a slow broadband connect (256k) - it doesn't give the
full experience of 56k modem, but is a good barometer. Generally when a
hopeful contacts me I check site speed as well as some of the other
standards. I run into a lot of small businesses (automotive shop, hair
salon, accountants, etc) with very large landing pages (other pages,
too), commonly 500k to 1000k. It could be a flash intro or perhaps just
plain using someone who designs over a fast connection and doesn't see
the impact. Why is not so important.
This question comes in two flavors and I know it depends muchly on the
audience. That was the response I got last time, so trying to be a
little more specific here.
1) Is there a common, acceptable standard that developers should shoot
for amongst these local, small business types? Frequently their
suppliers will send canned advertising material that is huge, but looks
great on paper?
2) 500k seems pretty bulky to me. Is that an acceptable figure for
sites that are designed and tailored specifically to a high tech
audience, perhaps B2B
*) Comment - it's a challenge to develop a nice site with great images
that weighs in at under 50k.
-Bob
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