{ "id": "slow-connection-user", "name": "Slow Connection User", "humanName": "Morgan", "category": "context", "description": "On a throttled or unreliable connection — rural broadband, mobile data in poor coverage, or international user on a high-latency link. Tests whether the page loads meaningfully without waiting for everything, whether images are optimized, and whether fonts degrade gracefully.", "designPriorities": { "accessibility": 2, "hierarchy": 2, "typography": 3, "color": 1, "responsiveness": 3 }, "evaluationChecks": [ "page-weight-check", "image-optimization-check", "font-loading-strategy", "critical-css-present" ], "frustrationTriggers": [ "Page total weight exceeds 3MB — takes forever on slow connections", "Images served at full resolution regardless of viewport (no srcset/sizes)", "Custom fonts block rendering — blank text for 3+ seconds until font loads", "No loading states — user stares at blank page or broken layout", "JavaScript bundle blocks rendering of above-fold content", "Third-party scripts (analytics, chat widgets) loaded eagerly", "Layout shift when late-loading content pushes existing content around", "Video auto-plays on page load — massive bandwidth hit" ], "positiveSignals": [ "Page is under 1MB total transfer size", "Images use srcset and sizes for responsive serving", "Fonts use font-display: swap or optional — text visible immediately", "Above-fold content renders without waiting for full JS bundle", "Loading skeletons or progressive content reveal", "Lazy loading on below-fold images", "Critical CSS inlined in " ], "cognitiveLoadFactors": [], "narrationStyle": { "voice": "patient", "sampleReactions": [ "Still loading. The hero image alone is 2MB. Why?", "All I see is blank rectangles where the fonts should be.", "Good — the text loaded immediately even though images are still coming in.", "This page loaded fast. Must have good critical CSS setup.", "The layout just jumped. Something loaded late and pushed everything down." ] }, "browserChecks": { "viewports": ["mobile", "desktop"], "extraEvaluations": ["page-weight-check", "image-optimization-check"] } }