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4 Seconds Loading Time Is Maximum For Websurfers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the longer-than-i-wait dept.

nieske writes "Of course we all want webpages to load as fast as possible, but now research has finally shown it: four seconds loading time is the maximum threshold for websurfers. Akamai and JupiterResearch have conducted a study among 1,000 online shoppers and have found, among other results, that one third of respondents have, at one point, left a shopping website because of the overall 'poor experience.' 75% of them do not intend ever to come back to this website again. Online shopper loyalty also increases as loading time of webpages decreases. Will this study finally show developers of shopping websites the importance of the performance of their websites?"

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  1. WTF?!?!?!? by LibertineR · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Thank you for illustrating exactly what disease is taking over this forum.

    How clueless and anti-Microsoft must you be, to not know that what we now call AJAX is a fucking MICROSOFT INVENTION! Who the fuck do you think came up with the XmlHttpRequest anyway, you idiot?

    Too many fuckwads like yourself are responsible for the distribution of STUPID on this site, and limiting the amount of knowledge to be disseminated. How many N00bs read a post like yours and go away knowing LESS instead of MORE?

    Thanks, motherfucker.