Pingdom Tools – one of the coolest data tests I’ve seen
I found this site while doing a security check of one of my clients’ access logs. I like it because it gives the quick load times of page elements.
The Full Page Test loads a complete HTML page including all objects (images, CSS, JavaScripts, RSS, Flash and frames/iframes). It mimics the way a page is loaded in a web browser.
The load time of all objects is shown visually with time bars. You can view the list of objects either in load order or as a hierarchy. The hierarchy view allows you to see which objects are linked to in for example a CSS file.
Every test also shows general statistics about the loaded page such as the total number of objects, total load time, and size including all objects.
Note: This version doesn’t load objects included in JavaScripts. We have also put a limit on the number and size of the objects that are loaded (to prevent the tool from downloading movies, for example).
I tested it with a site newly updated with MadCap Flare v2.5, redgriffins.org. Red Griffins is a quickly thrown together site I haven’t touched in three and a half years since going to the April 2004 decommissioning ceremony of my former squadron VS-38 known as the Red Griffins. I was a new daddy just a week later, and it’s been on the go ever since then.
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