How Fast Is Fast?
Whenever internet is concerned,we regularly end up surfing the net with different kind of feelings.To be exact,at times we may be totally satisfied with the speed of the delivery of the information needed and at some point, we may be taking hours to access certain web pages and later we end up logging off empty handed.So should all Web sites have the same speed limit so as not to disappoint the users?Scott Barber, an active member of the International Performance Testing community, in his article "HOW FAST DOES A WEBSITE NEED TO BE?" discussed further about this matter.He concluded that there is no industry standard response times for Web sites.How fast is fast enough depends on many other factors which include who the customers are, what their needs are,where they are located,the connection speed used and etc.Mr Barber said that the performance expectation is influenced by user psychology, system consideration as well as usage consideration.
He also mentioned that the performance requirements of certain Web sites are influenced by:
- user expectations - usually users will have higher expectations over a new sytem used, regardless of whether the previous system was a Web-based application,client/server or other configuration.
- resource limitations- includes time, money,people, hardware, networks and software
- stakeholders expectations - wants the best possible system for the least possible money.Their expectation are likely to change when decisions have to be made about tradeoffs.
As the user of the internet myself, I have to agree with what Mr Barber has discussed in his article.I believe its hard to have industry standard time for any Web sites as there are so many factors to be looked upon and limitations to be considered.It is hard to determine how fast is fast should be for a Web site as different individuals have different perspectives and different level of tolerence when dealing with this matter.
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