What a difference a millisecond can make. When it comes to browsing the web, every tiny moment counts \u2014 and the fewer moments that pass between a mouse click and a fully loaded page, the better.<\/p>\n
Speed is a bit of an obsession for most web users. We fret over our Internet connections\u2019 and mobile connections\u2019 perceived slowness, and we go bananas for a faster web browser.<\/p>\n
Given this better-faster mentality, the consequences for slow-loading pages can be dire for site owners; most users are willing to navigate away after waiting just three seconds, for example. And quite a few of these dissatisfied users will tell others about the experience.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s more, our entire perception of how fast or slow a page loads is a bit skewed. While we\u2019re waiting for a site to materialize in a browser tab, pages seem to load about 15% slower than they actually do load. The perception gap increases to 35% once we\u2019re away from a computer.<\/p>\n
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