Determine the Download Time for Your Web Page
How quickly will your pages download?
If your FrontPage development environment includes a high-speed Internet connection, it's easy to forget that most users still have slower modems. Fortunately, FrontPage will tell you how quickly (or slowly) your pages will download.
As you work in FrontPage Editor (or FrontPage 2000), the program monitors the page size and estimates the page's download time. That estimate, which is continuously updated, appears in the lower-right corner of the editor window. A nearly blank page might say "2 seconds," while a complex, graphics-intensive page might say "300 seconds." You can then decide whether your content is compelling enough that people will wait 5 minutes to see it. In FrontPage 98, the speed is based on a 28.8Kbps connection. In FrontPage 2000, clicking on the time display brings up a context menu that lets you change the speed that the calculation is based on -- from 14.4Kbps to a T3 connection.
Keep in mind that this number is just an estimate. You should still preview your site across a modem line if possible.
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Kate Akers akersk@missouri.edu Last revised: 12/12/06 |
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