pingdom.com— The Full Page Test loads a given HTML page, including images, CSS, JavaScripts, RSS, Flash and frames/iframes. In this way, the Pingdom tool mimics the way a page is loaded in your browser.
Jun 10, 2007View in Crawl 4
Uh, no, this is a terrible tool, it does not simulate CSS loading objects accurately. In fact, this tool will probably point many people in the wrong direction and have them use CSS in ways that make things *slower*.
Seeing as how the test is CPU bound and allows for a numerous amount of concurrent tests, it's not a very accurate way to measure site loading times, especially when the test is getting hammered. Think how slow sites load when you're downloading files and CPU usage is around the 90s.
Actually, your computer has a lot to do with how fast a page loads for YOU.On an older computer, trying to load a Digg story (with all of it's JS) is going to be pretty resource-intensive, especially on different browsers. If your connection was the only factor, then why do we have speed tests for browsers?Same goes for pages loaded with Flash, or really any client-side application. It's going to be really slow if you have an older computer, and much faster for people with newer computers. So yes, your computer has a big impact on how fast a page actually loads for you.And for those of you with Opera, to really see how fast a page loads, use the little timers that show up when you load a page ( <a class="user" href="http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/502/operagt0.png">http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/502/operagt0.png</a> ).I did a comparison of Pingdom's results for a page and then the timer built-in to Opera and here is what I got:Digg (Opera) - 6 secondsDigg (Pingdom) - 1 secondDigg Story [6347 diggs, 423 comments] (Opera) - 33 secondsDigg Story [6347 diggs, 423 comments] (Pingdom) - 6.5 secondsAfter doing the tests, I realized I had Opera's built-in Fraud Protection enabled (checks PhishTank and Trus****ch). So I disabled it and checked the above two again (less Pingdom's results since it doesn't use this feature):Digg (Opera) - 8 secondsDigg (Pingdom) - 1 secondDigg Story (Opera) - 43 secondsDigg Story (Pingdom) - 6.5 secondsI had two three tabs open (this story, Pingdom, and the test Digg story). It doesn't appear the Fraud Protection deceases the load time (strangely, with it disabled pages take _longer_ to load). However, after doing all this (sheesh) I realized I had uTorrent open and it was downloading a file, so that definitely has a strain on the connection.Regardless, Pingdom's results are cool and it's an interesting little test that doesn't factor in the speed of your computer (I'm on Windows XP SP2, 1 GHz AMD Athalon, 512MB RAM), but it's sad that Digg takes ~8-10 seconds to load and a popular story ~30-45 seconds.They should really come up with a lightweight version of their site, or remove some of these "flashy" features.
micfriJun 10, 2007
It takes too long too load...
quellishJun 10, 2007
Uh, no, this is a terrible tool, it does not simulate CSS loading objects accurately. In fact, this tool will probably point many people in the wrong direction and have them use CSS in ways that make things *slower*.
arcookeJun 10, 2007
gotmexJun 10, 2007
Seeing as how the test is CPU bound and allows for a numerous amount of concurrent tests, it's not a very accurate way to measure site loading times, especially when the test is getting hammered. Think how slow sites load when you're downloading files and CPU usage is around the 90s.
neuropsychguyJun 10, 2007
I've only had a problem once or twice. Other than that it is fast (i.e., no wait).
higherlogicJun 11, 2007
Actually, your computer has a lot to do with how fast a page loads for YOU.On an older computer, trying to load a Digg story (with all of it's JS) is going to be pretty resource-intensive, especially on different browsers. If your connection was the only factor, then why do we have speed tests for browsers?Same goes for pages loaded with Flash, or really any client-side application. It's going to be really slow if you have an older computer, and much faster for people with newer computers. So yes, your computer has a big impact on how fast a page actually loads for you.And for those of you with Opera, to really see how fast a page loads, use the little timers that show up when you load a page ( <a class="user" href="http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/502/operagt0.png">http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/502/operagt0.png</a> ).I did a comparison of Pingdom's results for a page and then the timer built-in to Opera and here is what I got:Digg (Opera) - 6 secondsDigg (Pingdom) - 1 secondDigg Story [6347 diggs, 423 comments] (Opera) - 33 secondsDigg Story [6347 diggs, 423 comments] (Pingdom) - 6.5 secondsAfter doing the tests, I realized I had Opera's built-in Fraud Protection enabled (checks PhishTank and Trus****ch). So I disabled it and checked the above two again (less Pingdom's results since it doesn't use this feature):Digg (Opera) - 8 secondsDigg (Pingdom) - 1 secondDigg Story (Opera) - 43 secondsDigg Story (Pingdom) - 6.5 secondsI had two three tabs open (this story, Pingdom, and the test Digg story). It doesn't appear the Fraud Protection deceases the load time (strangely, with it disabled pages take _longer_ to load). However, after doing all this (sheesh) I realized I had uTorrent open and it was downloading a file, so that definitely has a strain on the connection.Regardless, Pingdom's results are cool and it's an interesting little test that doesn't factor in the speed of your computer (I'm on Windows XP SP2, 1 GHz AMD Athalon, 512MB RAM), but it's sad that Digg takes ~8-10 seconds to load and a popular story ~30-45 seconds.They should really come up with a lightweight version of their site, or remove some of these "flashy" features.
honoredmuleJun 11, 2007
This tell the true story about digg performance:<a class="user" href="http://www.pingdom.com/tools/fpt/?url=http://digg.com/apple/Apple_embeds_user_data_in_iTunes_So_What">http://www.pingdom.com/tools/fpt/?url=http://digg.com/apple/Apple_embeds_user_data_in_iTunes_So_What</a>And no, it doesn't matter that it's a big page, because I still have to wait for it to load. If the page is too big to serve with reasonable performance, fix the page.
franky76Sep 29, 2008
Firefox will display the time it takes for your page to load in the bottom right corner of the screen<a class="user" href="http://www.adidasshoess.com">http://www.adidasshoess.com</a>
info4greeceDec 8, 2011
Is 3,06s fast enough ...?