Response Time Still Matters
Bohmann Usability: Web pages become large when they include code and content that wasn't optimized for the Web. For instance, pictures and graphics usually needs to be reduced in size to download fast. The same goes for pages built with too much code (long stylesheets included in each pages, many scripts, etc.). Leading sites such as Yahoo strive to avoid large pages by dedicating developer resources exclusively to optimize page sizes and maintain fast response times. (2001-07-15)
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