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To measure the impact of a slower webpage on the CTR of a button I'm trying to slow down the page in an optimizely test.

I can't find a proper way to do that with JavaScript, which would be needed for optimizely. To simulate a slower page (perceived performance) my first shot was hiding the page body { visibility: hidden } for 1 second.

But, it resulted in a better CTR, since the browser kept loading the rest of the page and displayed the page with less flickering (all content was ready).

Then I tried the solution suggested here: How do I write a blocking synchronous method in Javascript? with no satisfying result.

Any other ideas how I could set up the test (without using php sleep())?

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  • Have no idea whatsoever what `slow down page` means – charlietfl Feb 27 '15 at 13:05
  • Explain better what you are trying to achieve, I guess you are trying to simulate loading your webpage over slow connection. – Zielu Feb 27 '15 at 13:07
  • current CTR = 8%, 1 sec delayed webpage CTR = 7%, 2 sec delayed webpage CTR = 6%. with those numbers (in optimizely) it would be easy to convince my boss to improve performance. – fraaalk Feb 27 '15 at 13:09
  • Hide or mask `` , set interval to show it using script – charlietfl Feb 27 '15 at 13:16

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