Nationite MIDNite Xpress Website Loading Time Tests
We’ve picked some popular websites to test the loading times via WiFi connection.
The WiFi connection was on 3 out of 5 bars signal strength and connected to a router 5 or 6 meters away through a wall.
For each site the cache was cleared beforehand to make sure it was loading from scratch and not using any residual site elements from previous visits.
Also, although site elements appeared and were selectable long before the whole page was loaded, the timer was stopped when the entire page had been opened and the progress bar had reached 100%.
See the times after the jump.
engadget.com
Clocking in at 35 seconds, the text and graphic heavy Engadget site took a while to settle but once it was loaded it browsed a breeze.
espn.go.com
Another hugely picture and plug-in heavy website but one with a comprehensive news section that is likely to be checked on the go. This site was up and running in 54 seconds.
bbc.co.uk
News from around the world in 67 seconds. Another picture heavy and plug-in loaded website.
rollingstone.com
The rock world at your fingers in 48 seconds.Considering the amount of information on this home page the load time’s impressively swift.
mp4nation.net/blog
Obviously considerate to our mobile readers, the MP4Nation blog took just 20 seconds to load. That included all images and texts from the 10 posts on the first page.
facebook.com
The login screen opened in 17 seconds. From there, after inputting the email address and password, seeing what people have been up to that day took a further 40 seconds before the reams of wall posts and pictures loaded up. Once it was there it was as smooth and naviagable as any other site.
nme.com/news
News from the too cool for school indie world at your fingertips in a pretty impressive 29 seconds. This included all headline and subhead text as well as images for the 22 news stories on the page.
cnn.com
45 seconds for this text and picture heavy busy news site. Another achievement given the clutter and volume of content on the home page.
twitter.com
For those desperate to see what Miley Cyrus had for dinner you can see what the Twits are up to in just over 30 seconds for the main feed.
news.yahoo.com
53 seconds for this huge news site. The main images and stories were displayed really quickly but the test is timing how long the green progress bar takes to reach the edge.
wikipedia.org
The open source encyclopedia site’s main page opens in 35 seconds. Once you’re in a subject page, let’s say, howler monkeys, opens in 8 seconds thanks to the simple text-heavy site and one (cute) image.
apple.com
The huge header graphic and page content loaded in an impressive 28 seconds.
ebay.com
The simple but effective auction site took 33 seconds to load their wares.
amazon.com
After 54 seconds the tabs and big picture of a Kindle were there on the MIDNite Xpress for all to see.
pocketables.net
In 31 seconds the latest pocketable product news was displayed.
umpcportal.com
Stuffed with information, this deceptively simple looking site took 64 seconds to load on the MIDNite Xpress.
