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Mimic Low Bandwidth for UI Testing?

How do you mimic low bandwidth for testing HTML rendering on slow computers? I'm using Safari 4 on a Mac.

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Lance Avatar asked Feb 16 '10 07:02

Lance


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Found the SpeedLimit preference tool mentioned in another SO answer. Works for me and is very unobtrusive to use (no application, no command line, no Java).

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akauppi Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 05:10

akauppi


You're probably looking for traffic shaping, in MacOS X it's included in the kernel. Take a look at http://www.macgeekery.com/hacks/software/traffic_shaping_in_mac_os_x

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kb. Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 04:10

kb.