Server side factors
The web server
capacity can affect the speed of downloads. For example if the file has a small
scale then the download speed will be poor. This is also the same with
bandwidth; if you wanted to create a website from home it would take longer to
download than other websites such as Facebook or Tumblr because it has a
smaller bandwidth. Sound and videos take longer to load too, files such as GIF
and JPEG are the only files that work effectively. To increase the download of
a picture for example, you must decrease the scale of it which then allows it
to load faster. Files such as MP3 you need a QuickTime plug in and in order for
SWF to work it requires the plug in flash.
User side factors
There are certain
factors that affect the functionality of a website. The user side factors are
PC performance, cache memory and speed.
PC performance –
you need an up to date processor to enable you accessing certain programmes or
websites. The PC performance can slow down or even stop the processor from running
certain programmes or websites.
Cache memory – How
full the processor is will affect the functionality, things such as saving
passwords to the computer or saving things in your basket on certain websites
can slow down the computer. Because of this the processor may have to reset to
improve its download speed.
Speed – The
traffic of the programme can affect this, for example if popular tickets were
being sold on Ticket master and many people were on the website it would be
very slow loading and may even tend to buffer and freeze regularly due to lots
of people trying to access the website at the same time.
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