Page load speed was a major concern when developing Safari.
Steve demanded that the browser be fast, so the team was tasked with developing a set of automated tests that would launch the browser and have it load a series of web pages in succession before reporting the speed.
They soon had their "Page Load Test" (PLT) benchmark in place, ensuring that the product became "faster by never getting slower.
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