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Found out my portfolio site's first impression is under 3 seconds

I was reading this UX research article last week and it said people decide if they like your design in under 3 seconds. That blew my mind because my old portfolio had this loading animation that took like 5 seconds. I went back and timed it with a stopwatch on my phone. My hero image was 4MB and I had three different fonts loading. I shaved it down to under 2 seconds by compressing everything and using system fonts. Has anyone else checked their portfolio load time with a real timer?
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riley595
riley5952d ago
Ever tried timing your own site? I never used to care but now I do.
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milam42
milam422d ago
@riley595 system fonts saved me too, just compressed all my images and cut load time in half.
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