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“For many sites that reference dozens of external objects, the majority of the page load time is spent in separate HTTP requests [...] yet there isn’t a common body of knowledge about how to [eliminate these separate requests].”
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“Valgrind’s performance isn’t too bad, but it’s still the best excuse today for getting a faster computer. Start using it so you can justify the expense.” — Hans Petter Jansson
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Hey, I read that article about optimizing page load times. It prompted a renewed interest in something I’d never found a good solution to – analyzing page load times as seen by modem users. You wouldn’t believe the hacks I’ve tried in the past. Well, here’s one that works well: It’s a java webstart based proxy server (it runs locally) that throttles your connection to whatever speed you like. It munges the URLs too, so you don’t benefit from having a local cache of the site’s static content. http://www.dallaway.com/sloppy/ Sloppy – the slow proxy.