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David Hakala wrote:

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> There's a lesson in here for all Web sites, and especially for news sites
> that want to be read several times per day.
>
> >From http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/08/cyber/articles/08wait.html
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> According to a report released Thursday by NetRatings, the
>           average home Internet user wastes just over nine minutes per
>           day, or 55 hours per year, waiting for Web pages to load -- fully
>           26 percent of all time spent on the Internet. Multiply that by a
>           conservative measure of 43.1 million Internet users in the U.S.,
>           and the grim total is 2.4 billion hours Web-wasted.
>
>           "If you only waste nine or ten minutes a day, you're in good
>           shape," said Ray Valdes, Gartner Group's research director for
>           Internet strategies. "The fact is, the average Internet user is
>           accustomed to a high level of pain."
>
>           Overzealous Web site designers, overburdened Web servers
>           and underpowered home computers all contribute to the pain.
>           The ramifications reach far beyond users, however, into the
>           pocketbooks of Web site owners, Internet service providers
>           and advertisers alike, analysts say.

I would like to see what they say about time spent waiting for spouses,
children, secretaries, bosses, etc.  Analysts have to make a living, too,
but they are never overzealous :-)  Nine minutes a day, wow :-)


Seriously though, the solution is in the hands of the consumers.
Complain about slow sites to webmaster@slow.site.com.  Give
them information about total size  while loading (bottom of the
browser).  Ask them to keep the total size under 25 Kbytes
(They probably will not, but that might get  them under 50 Kbytes.:-)
Find alternate sites and just do not visit the slow sites.

ed

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>  David Hakala
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