On 2/1/13, Paul B. Gallagher <[email protected]> wrote: > NoOp wrote: > >> I wonder... I visit <http://myspeed.visualware.com/index.php> where I >> need both flash an java. I find that I have to turn on both individually >> to get the speed test to work correctly: flash to select the region, and >> java to perform the speed test. If I bypass the flash requirement: >> <http://myspeed.visualware.com/servers/namerica/iad.php?testtype=-2&codebase=mcssjc.visualware.com&location=USA:> >> Then all I need to do is turn on Java to work. And yes, I did test using >> Windows: >> >> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 >> SeaMonkey/2.15.1 >> Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U13 >> File: npjp2.dll >> Version: 10.13.2.20 >> >> That said, I'd still turn on Java *only* if it is absolutely necessary & >> then *turn it off* when no longer necessary. > > Interesting... > > The site you linked reported my speeds in SE Pennsylvania based on their > Newark, NJ server: > 6.91 Mbps down > 13.3 Mbps up > > A moment later, <http://www.speedtest.net/> reported based on their New > York server: > 57.46, 58.43 Mbps down (two tests) > 32.68, 32.81 Mbps up (two tests) > > I wonder who to believe?
Why not both? They're reporting the bandwidth between your machine & theirs; the NY speedtest.net site might be topologically closer or have less congestion than the path to the NJ site. The visualware site tells you the round trip time & max delay. The smaller those numbers are the better your chances are for getting accurate results. Anyway, to get back on topic, if you're going to enable Java I'd also use noscript and requestpolicy so you've got a bit more control over exactly which sites are allowed to do what to your computer Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
