How to Calculate and Speed-Up the Download Time of Your Web Site by Herman Drost Have you ever experienced the frustration of waiting for a web site to download, then giving up and moving on to another?
This is because most web users lose their attention after 10 seconds. If your site takes longer than this to load, you will be losing many visitors. This means that the web designer must use images sparingly and choose file formats carefully. How to Calculate Download Time 1. Check the size of the HTML file and any associated images, files or programs. You can do this by right clicking on the file or image and reading its properties. For example, you may have a page that consists of 10 files, for a total of 84 kilobytes (KB). For a more extensive explanation for calculating file sizes, see my previous article – How Much Hosting Space Do You Need? (http://www.isitebuild.com/hostingspace.htm). 2. Determine the speed of your network connection. Some of the more common speeds are: • 14.4 Kbps (kilobits per second) – slow modem speed • 28.8 Kbps – typical modem speed for some users. • 56 Kbps – typical modem speed for most users with a dial-up connection. • 1.544 Mbps (million bits per seco
