Website speed usually means the number of seconds it took a user to fully load a website using any modern browser. You can define this parameter both manually and using special applications.
It is necessary
- Software:
- - Mozilla Firefox browser;
- - addon RDS Bar.
Instructions
Step 1
Site loading speed depends on many factors, including the availability of site sections and the speed of the client's Internet connection. Regardless of these parameters, you can calculate the desired value using a special add-on to the Firefox browser.
Step 2
Launch your internet browser by double-clicking the icon on your desktop. In the window that opens, press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + A to open the "Add-ons" window, or click the top "Tools" menu and select the appropriate item.
Step 3
Go to the search bar, which is in the upper right corner, by clicking in the empty field with the left mouse button, and enter RDS Bar. After clicking on the icon with the image of the binoculars, a list of add-ons that best match the description will be loaded. The app you want should be one of the first.
Step 4
Click the Install Now button and wait until the add-on is fully downloaded. Then click the Install and Restart Application buttons. The browser will automatically close and start again. In the main window of the program, you will see an additional panel at the top and a small panel at the bottom.
Step 5
In the top bar, click on the RDS button and select "Settings". In the directory that opens, on the first tab, find the "Download Speed" parameter, which is in the second column. Check the box next to this option and click the "Close" button.
Step 6
Now follow any link and look at the bottom bar in the browser window - you will see the number of seconds it took to load the current site. Experiment by pressing the F5 page refresh key, the loading speed will always be different - this is due to the data being written to the browser cache.
Step 7
The loading speed of the site will significantly differ from the real one if there are large images or "heavy" scripts on its pages. Refresh the page to get the real value of this parameter, the images will be displayed from the cache memory.
