Software by tag 'loading'

Webslug – Measure and compare the websites loading time

Posted by Dickey on Jul 14th, 08 | Filed under Blogging, Internet, Tips | 3 Comments

Website loading time is alway a concern for both web developers and designers. Webslug is a tool for them to quickly measure and compare different websites loading time.

We want our websites load fast, so that visitors no need to wait for a long time before can read our contents. normally, users will only wait for arround 20 seconds before the contents finish loading, unless your websites contains really interesting articles.

So, it is really important for designers to take care the loading time before publish the design. There are a lot of websites which can measure the loading time, but today i am going to introduce Webslug, which is able to compare the loading time for 2 diferent websites.

To compare the loading time, simply type the web URL to the textboxes provided and press “Compare“. The result shown that Google take2.28 seconds to load while Yahoo take 6.13 seconds. You can also measure the loading time for a single website by following the “just test one oage” link.

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Get yourself a free ajax loading bar

Posted by Dickey on Mar 7th, 08 | Filed under Cool Stuff, Design, Internet | 2 Comments

ajaxload is a free service which can generate a ajax loading bar for web developers.

If you are a web developer, i believe you will need the ajax loading bar for Web 2.0 application. But, generate a ajax loading bar will take some time, if you are new to graphic design. So, you may try ajaxload, a service which can create a simple ajax loading bar.

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There are 3 options that you can choose from: Indicator type, Background and Foreground color. There are around 35 different indicator that you can choose from. After you done the settings, press the Generate it button and the result will show at the bottom. You can download the loading bar in gif format.

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