[Chapter-delegates] Apropos Website http://www.internetsociety.org/

[Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G.]

Thank you Klaus,

it seems we need to include isoc.org in Free Basics………

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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On 7 Apr 2016, at 5:37, Klaus Birkenbihl wrote:

> I just mentioned in a thread on "[Chapter-delegates] questions to the 
> candidates for the BoT" the Website as an example of technical failure 
> and inability to manage issues: So I felt I should check if things 
> have improved - as was promised many times they would.
>
> First it took 7sec to load. So I investigated where the time was 
> spent. Here are the findings:
>
> Today the home page holds a background picture of size 2.4MB (named 
> BA2.jpg) and needs a total 0f 3.0MB. Assuming an end to end throughput 
> of 1Mb (there are regions on earth where you get significantly less!) 
> it takes at least 25 seconds to load. Even on my relatively well 
> connected network it takes 5-8 sec till "onload" event! 80% of the 
> load time go on a background picture. This picture is then scaled down 
> and cropped by the browser from 3264x1836=6Mpx to {window-width}x590. 
> If we assume a window-width of 1400 the picture you see has 590x1400 = 
> 0.82Mpx. So 6Mpx are transmitted to show 0.82Mpx. If we apply the same 
> JPEG compression rate we end up with a size of 320kB (vs 2.4MB) for 
> the picture size that is displayed.
>
> Conclusion: for a website that provides max 1.0MB(max) of visible 
> information 3MB are transmitted - 2MB wasted! 25sec (min, assuming 1Mb 
> end to end) or 8sec (min) load time can make a difference. And it 
> could be achieved by applying some intelligence on one background 
> picture. Even 8sec are rather long ... so there would be more room for 
> improvement - if there were somebody who cares.
>
> Klaus
>
> -- 
> Klaus Birkenbihl
> Treasurer and Board member
> Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE)
> c/o ict-Media GmbH
> http://www.isoc.de/
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