Dreamweaver - speed testing

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speed testing

gogetsome

2004-09-28, 12:19 pm

Hello,
Does anyone know of a method or software to test websites at various speeds? I
built a site and want to see what dial-up users experience. Everything is
wonderful with broadband, but I have heard stories about the dial-up experience.
Does Dreamweaver have a setting where I can view pages at 56k? So, when I hit
F12 the page is rendered at 56k.

Dan Vendel *GOF*

2004-09-28, 12:19 pm

gogetsome wrote:

> Hello,
> Does anyone know of a method or software to test websites at various speeds? I
> built a site and want to see what dial-up users experience. Everything is
> wonderful with broadband, but I have heard stories about the dial-up experience.
> Does Dreamweaver have a setting where I can view pages at 56k? So, when I hit
> F12 the page is rendered at 56k.
>

Test page here:
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
Just remember that the speed result is merely theoretical, i.e. in the
real world it's usually slower....

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Murray *TMM*

2004-09-28, 7:18 pm

Actually, the speeds given there should be pretty close to practical ones.
They have a good explanation of how they calculate them.

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"Dan Vendel *GOF*" <see_my_signature_@_the_bottom_of_the_po.st> wrote in
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> gogetsome wrote:
>
>
> Test page here:
> http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
> Just remember that the speed result is merely theoretical, i.e. in the
> real world it's usually slower....
>
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> Dan Vendel - *GOF*
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Dan Vendel *GOF*

2004-09-28, 7:18 pm

Murray *TMM* wrote:

> Actually, the speeds given there should be pretty close to practical ones.
> They have a good explanation of how they calculate them.
>

Yeah. "Pretty" close. But the more hubs and bottlenecks between the user
and the server, the slower. If you open it, it'll take X seconds. If I
open it here in Swedeland, you'll have to add a bit. And Mr. Xin Lhiao
Ping in China will likely have to wait even more.

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Murray *TMM*

2004-09-29, 12:15 pm

> It would be nice to find a site that explained these pitfalls and offer
> suggestions on how to work around the dial-up issue.

What explanation do you need and what dial-up issue are you referring to?

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"gogetsome" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> True to the word guys. I'm dealing with the issues of keeping the site
> small
> enough for dial-up folks an interesting enough for us others; such a hard
> thing
> to do! It would be nice to find a site that explained these pitfalls and
> offer
> suggestions on how to work around the dial-up issue.
>