is it possible to accurately assess how long it takes one kilobyte to load in a webpage?

I would like to know if there is an easy or practical way to determine how long it take开发者_开发知识库s 1 kB on a website to load?

If you are using Firefox, you can get information on how long various files take to download using the Firebug plugin. It has a bunch of network monitoring features.

Chrome has a console similar to Firebug under tools->developer tools.

This is great for a quick reality check when you are developing, but sometimes you need a little more. For instance, you might want to set up a monitoring script to ensure response times aren't creeping up. Selenium is great for this and supports both Java and C#. Another option is to write a quick script using a headless browser like Mechanize (Ruby, Perl).

I prefer doing this kind of monitoring from the client end as opposed to on the server side because you get a more realistic perspective of what your end users are experiencing.