Comments on: 54 out of the US top 100 websites fail Yahoo’s performance test http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/05/29/54-out-of-the-us-top-100-websites-fail-yahoo%e2%80%99s-performance-test/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Michael Lee http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/05/29/54-out-of-the-us-top-100-websites-fail-yahoo%e2%80%99s-performance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-206821 Michael Lee Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:59:05 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=301#comment-206821 Surprising indeed! It'd be interesting to: - See these results combined with actual broadband usage figures. - Use YSlow to test different connection speeds. If YSlow could emulate slow connections (i.e. EDGE, dial-up) it would help to pinpoint response bottlenecks that could be optimized for an overall improved experience across all connection types... I wonder though how important this really is? Once upon a time software size was a major concern, today not so much since space is so readily available. Maybe the same can/will be said about web content sizes since even mobile platforms are seeing improvements in both their networking speeds (3G) and storage capacity (2GB+ microSD). Besides, even with startup optimization and caching some media content may remain large and so require a minimum connection speed for an acceptable experience... Surprising indeed!

It’d be interesting to:

- See these results combined with actual broadband usage figures.
- Use YSlow to test different connection speeds.

If YSlow could emulate slow connections (i.e. EDGE, dial-up) it would help to pinpoint response bottlenecks that could be optimized for an overall improved experience across all connection types…

I wonder though how important this really is? Once upon a time software size was a major concern, today not so much since space is so readily available. Maybe the same can/will be said about web content sizes since even mobile platforms are seeing improvements in both their networking speeds (3G) and storage capacity (2GB+ microSD). Besides, even with startup optimization and caching some media content may remain large and so require a minimum connection speed for an acceptable experience…

]]> By: StorefrontBacktalk - Techniques, Tools, and Tirades about Retail Technology and E-Commerce http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/05/29/54-out-of-the-us-top-100-websites-fail-yahoo%e2%80%99s-performance-test/comment-page-1/#comment-188200 StorefrontBacktalk - Techniques, Tools, and Tirades about Retail Technology and E-Commerce Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:14:41 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=301#comment-188200 [...] surprising considering their minimalistic style.”But the more interesting part of the Pingdom stats is the analysis that looks at the sites’ size, HTTP requests and caching. It’s worth a [...] [...] surprising considering their minimalistic style.”But the more interesting part of the Pingdom stats is the analysis that looks at the sites’ size, HTTP requests and caching. It’s worth a [...]

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