I would like to be able to synthetically add a fixed interval to page load times. This is the exact opposite of what most everyone else wants. I want to be able to say “Add an $n second delay to the loading of this page.”
What can I use to achieve this result? Can this be done in javascript? The system I want to do this to uses some pretty aggressive output caching I don’t have complete control over.
Goal: measure effects of page load speed on other key metrics so I can determine the value of improving that metric.
Add a large file download at the top of the page body (huge js file, or large jpeg that’s hidden).
Also you could just use a timer in javascript and only show the contents of the body once the timer expires.