How long does the average internet user wait for a webpage to load before trying another link?

Answer 1

Dial-up = sloooooooooow
Cable = very fast - most of the time. Sometimes loading is slow because of the website you are trying to reach, time of day, holidays, weekends ... Other times it is because you may need to do some housecleaning, like:

- Are you using a complex screensaver - it runs in the background and eats memory. I had fun with mine, then changed it to blank.
- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
then cl Remove.
This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

1.Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2.Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3.From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3.click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4.click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
-Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.

Answer 2

It depends on the image size and any other activity going on the web page, like a loading movie or such. I always keep the status bar open so I know what's going on. Sometimes I'll see "loading..." but if nothing happens i just hit the reload button, and 9 times out of 10 that fixes it, and I only use Firefox as my browser.

Answer 3

I'm impatient so I give them about 5 seconds then I'm clicking refresh. But I have a high speed cable connection. I could never go back to dial up never.

Answer 4

i will wait for 15-30 sec before trying it again and again and again or trying something else but then again it all depends on how bad i need that next page