Website Speed/Loading Test

[snugglez64]

Guys,

What is the best way to test for website speed/loading time on certain connections. Other than holding the stopwatch.. lolz

I've used this: http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

But something more detailed please.

 

[hof]

Google PageSpeed or YSlow. If you want to throttle your connection or simulate different conditions, use something like netem.

Guys,

What is the best way to test for website speed/loading time on certain connections. Other than holding the stopwatch.. lolz

I've used this: http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

But something more detailed please.

 

[ITCynic]

I use http://loadimpact.com/page-analyzer to test page load times.

Although it does not test for line connection speeds, It gives you a good analysis of page load times and the load times for page components.

I usually try for sub 5second page loads.

 

[snugglez64]

Ahhh, Thanx guys!

I use http://loadimpact.com/page-analyzer to test page load times.

Although it does not test for line connection speeds, It gives you a good analysis of page load times and the load times for page components.

I usually try for sub 5second page loads.

Total loading time: 4.43s

 

[SilverNodashi]

Does anyone know of a decent application to test website load times, from a South African hosted server, instead of from something in the USA / UK?

 

[guest2013-1]

PageSpeed and YSlow runs locally in your browser add-on and doesn't rely on a US/UK based server hosting it to do the test. They also happen to have online-based tests too, like Pingdom has.

 

[SilverNodashi]

sorry AcidRazor, I might have used the wrong words. I'm looking for something to test page speeds, from a server like pingdom does - since ADSL / 3G / etc all differ and it would be good to see how a website loads from a decent connection like a data center.

 

[guest2013-1]

sorry AcidRazor, I might have used the wrong words. I'm looking for something to test page speeds, from a server like pingdom does - since ADSL / 3G / etc all differ and it would be good to see how a website loads from a decent connection like a data center.

Ah I see. Well do what I do Load those addons on a Windows VPS hosted locally somewhere and let it go

Otherwise, what you could do is try and get in touch with Google or Pingdom to see what it'll take for you to get a local point of presence for these tests going

 

[SilverNodashi]

Ah I see. Well do what I do Load those addons on a Windows VPS hosted locally somewhere and let it go

Otherwise, what you could do is try and get in touch with Google or Pingdom to see what it'll take for you to get a local point of presence for these tests going[/QUOTE]
I didn't think of that..... Let's see what they say. I'm sure a local POP could benefit them as well

 

[sfid]

Maybe 2-3 years late, but I was looking for this too, so just made one: http://digital360.speakgeek.co.za/website-speed-test.html

 

[Darko]

Chrome developer tools.