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Effect of page display time on page usability | ||||||||||||
Too slow pages
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Potential gain: 7% |
For most pages in this site, typical site visitors were indifferent to eventual long page processing time. This is not true for the pages in this list. Many visitors of these pages did not tolerate degradation in system performance that resulted in download delay The visitors intolerance to long processing time of a particular page indicates that the page processing time should be reduced. | |||||||||||
Too fast pages
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Potential gain: 3% |
"A page can download too fast, regarding optimum problem solving or user expectations. As response times grow shorter and display rates increase, users pick up the pace of the system and may fail to comprehend the presented material, may generate incorrect solution plans and may make more execution errors" (Shneiderman, B. "Designing the user interface", third edition). For most pages in this site, typical site visitors were indifferent to eventual short page processing time. This is not true for the pages in this list. The pages in this list downloaded "too fast". Many visitors of these pages disregarded them, taking advantage of their short processing time. |
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