Assignment 12 Report

Tast Five.

The first thing which was noticed was the huge gap between the calculated download times, as apposed to the actual download times.

  • Main Total =                                 144.7K ( 2.6sec)        ( 0:44.00)        **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • Key Skills Total =                        80K ( 1.4sec)              ( 0:03.00)
  • Resume TOTAL =                      171.6K ( 3.1sec)         ( 0:32.00)       **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • Photoshop-1 TOTAL =               80K ( 1.4sec)              ( 0:2.60)
  • Restoration TOTAL =                 248K ( 4.4sec)            ( 0:32.00)        **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • Artwork TOTAL =                         288.5K ( 5.1sec)        ( 1:38.00)        **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • Line Drawings TOTAL =           408K ( 14.6sec)          ( 0:39.00)        **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • Links TOTAL =                            105.7K ( 1.9sec)         ( 0:03.00)
  • Clients TOTAL =                         171K ( 3.1sec)            ( 0:26.00)        **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • Contact TOTAL =                        64K ( 1.1sec)              ( 0:02.50)
  • TAFE TOTAL =                            93K ( 1.7sec)              ( 0:7.80)
  • Initial Flash TOTAL =                 80K ( 1.4sec)              ( 0:3.00)
  • Flash Animation TOTAL =        145K ( 2.6sec)            ( 0:15.00)        **** Longer than 10 Seconds
  • TOTAL for site =2078.8K ( 37.0sec)

Task Five.

It has been noted that a few of my pages take more than 10 Seconds to download. This is partly due to the firewall, and also due to the larger graphic images which are needed to be shown. When these pages are initiated by the browser, they do start generating rather quickly ( within the first 4 seconds), which means that there is activity for the user to look at as the page generates. The user does not have to wait the entire 44 seconds (or as indicated in the table above).

One way to modify this, is to make the Photoshop section smaller per screen, and to have a sub level within this. It will mean another click for the user, but the download times will be quicker. The larger pictures are also sliced, giving the illusion of the image loading faster.