susan

hi,

i got the same 15 sec

-susan

> I just tried it. It took about 15 seconds. The images were in my
> cache though since I'd visited the website earlier in the week. But
> when I emptied my cache it didn't take any longer.
>
> --
>
> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
>

[email protected]

In a message dated 2/18/2000 2:15:40 AM, [email protected]
writes:

<<I used a friend's spiffy new computer the other day and found that, while
it was faster than ours, it still seemed to take a lot of time. I'm assuming
that in the not-too-distant future computers will take you where you want to
go with just a touch. Does anyone have one like that?>>

We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate, go to the
Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to completely
load. Then come back here and report the number. It would be interesting to
see what kind of variation there is. (Some variation would depend on other
usage at the time.)

This type of information would be useful to those of us who are working on
webstuff for NHEN (and also to people like Lisa who work on the website for
BOTH unschooling.com AND NHEN.)

We know that some people have computers and browsers and modems that are so
slow they severely tax their patience, but it's hard to get real data that's
representative of homeschoolers. (We may tend to hang on to our computers
longer than, say, office workers.)

Betsy

[email protected]

In a message dated 2/18/2000 2:15:40 AM, [email protected]
writes:

<<I have picky eaters (dd#2 lives on peanut butter and apple butter
sandwiches with yogurt as a side)>>

Don't give up hope! My brother ate peanut butter and honey sandwiches for
years on end as a boy, and now he orders the tofu vegetable scramble for
breakfast and eats Indian food for lunch. I think his taste buds didn't grow
up until he was 30.

Betsy

Lisa Bugg

> <<
>
> We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate, go to
the
> Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to
completely
> load. Then come back here and report the number. It would be interesting
to
> see what kind of variation there is. (Some variation would depend on
other
> usage at the time.)

This is a good idea... especially as I would like to add another graphic
near the bottom. <G>

Gayle Bechtel

It took me about 20 seconds.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Ferguson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 424


From: Cindy Ferguson <crma@...>

Lisa Bugg wrote:
>
> From: "Lisa Bugg" <LisaBugg@...>
>
> > <<
> >
> > We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate, go to
> the
> > Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to
> completely
> > load. Then come back here and report the number. It would be interesting
> to
> > see what kind of variation there is. (Some variation would depend on
> other
> > usage at the time.)
>
> This is a good idea... especially as I would like to add another graphic
> near the bottom. <G>
>

Well, let's see if we can all try it at the same time! That's a good
way to get really bad performance!

I just tried it. It took about 15 seconds. The images were in my
cache though since I'd visited the website earlier in the week. But
when I emptied my cache it didn't take any longer.

--

Cindy Ferguson
crma@...

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>We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate, go to
the
>Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to completely
>load.


It took about 3 seconds for me. We have service through our cable company.

Crystal

A. Yates

15 secs here too!
A

[email protected]

In a message dated 02/18/2000 11:10:52 PM !!!First Boot!!!, ECSamHill@...
writes:

<< We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate, go to
the
Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to completely
load. Then come back here and report the number. >>


10 -12 seconds approximately.

Nance

[email protected]

about 40 seconds for me, I have a 333 pentium, with a 56K modem.
Sharon

On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:09:31 EST ECSamHill@... writes:
> From: ECSamHill@...
>
>
> In a message dated 2/18/2000 2:15:40 AM,
> [email protected]
> writes:
>
> <<I used a friend's spiffy new computer the other day and found
> that, while
> it was faster than ours, it still seemed to take a lot of time. I'm
> assuming
> that in the not-too-distant future computers will take you where you
> want to
> go with just a touch. Does anyone have one like that?>>
>
> We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate,
> go to the
> Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to
> completely
> load. Then come back here and report the number. It would be
> interesting to
> see what kind of variation there is. (Some variation would depend
> on other
> usage at the time.)
>
> This type of information would be useful to those of us who are
> working on
> webstuff for NHEN (and also to people like Lisa who work on the
> website for
> BOTH unschooling.com AND NHEN.)
>
> We know that some people have computers and browsers and modems that
> are so
> slow they severely tax their patience, but it's hard to get real
> data that's
> representative of homeschoolers. (We may tend to hang on to our
> computers
> longer than, say, office workers.)
>
> Betsy
>
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18 seconds here and my computer is terminally (no pun intended) ill.
KIM
***runs with scissors***

Lynda

O.K., now remember I am severly cyber-challenged. If you meant, go click
on the thingy at the bottom of this page and wait until the home page comes
up, well it took about 1 minute and I have a possibly terminally ill
computer who is going in on Monday to get a new motherboard and memory
chip.

Lynda

----------
> From: "Lisa Bugg" <LisaBugg@...>
>
> > <<
> >
> > We could do a fun experiment -- everyone who wants to participate, go
to
> the
> > Unschooling.com main page and count how many seconds it takes to
> completely
> > load. Then come back here and report the number. It would be
interesting
> to
> > see what kind of variation there is. (Some variation would depend on
> other
> > usage at the time.)
>
> This is a good idea... especially as I would like to add another graphic
> near the bottom. <G>
>
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