4 Seconds Loading Time Is Maximum For Websurfers

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?"

Well..

[Rob T Firefly]

Four-seconds-is-the-most-time-I-would-ever-spend-r eading-a-Slashdot-article-or-comment-so-I-ask-all- posters-to-please-make-their-points-quickly-and-su ccinctly-in-small-manageable-doses-ooh-look-there- is-a-shiny-object-on-my-desk-gotta-go.

Great

[UbuntuDupe]

Now that this research is in, I predict that all website designers will realize the futility of flashy designs and instead remake their sites to be more like Craigslist or Google. I'm predicting an end to Flash and Javascript.[/naivete]

Bullshit

[diegocgteleline.es]

I'm still on dialup, you insensitive clod! (really)

I must be part of that statistic

[Centurix]

I'm here waiting for the thread to load up, click reply and decide to wri.. oooh, shiny thing!

Re:tabs

[maxwell demon]

I guess your employer denies you a browser with tabs in order to have you get at least some work done. :-)

Re:Who is conducting that study?

[Andrewkov]

That's nothing, I couldn't even read your whole post since it was too long.

Re:AJAX completely lacks performance.

[AKAImBatman]

So, did it take 20 minutes to copy the file through that AJAX interface? (rolls eyes)

Friends, I would like you to meet the newest Slashdot troll. The "AJAX performance is terrible!" troll.

Unless, of course, you'd like to actually provide a few examples of these "AJAX-based Webforums" that suck so much?

Subject dependent surely?

[scotbot]

I bet the some people are happy to wait longer than 4 seconds for his favourite pr0n to download. This is slashdot after all.