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The psychology of site speed and human happiness

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Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, both real and virtual. In 1993 and again in 2010 , usability expert Jakob Nielsen found that: 0.1 Slow websites are just one problem, but for those of us who spend much of our work and personal time online, slow sites creates extra friction in an already friction-filled world.

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