After more than six million performed tests, we thought it was time to give version 1.0 of our popular Full Page Test in Pingdom Tools a well-earned break. Actually, we’re giving it a full retirement, umbrella drinks and sunny beaches included. But don’t worry, version 2.0 of the Full Page Test is here to save the day! It’s still in beta, a few tweaks remain, but it’s fully functional so don’t hesitate to give it a spin.

This new Full Page Test is still completely free to use. It still helps you profile your website’s performance. But now it’s even better.

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Geckoboard, a highly configurable real-time status dashboard that can use data from a number of different web services, has had a Pingdom widget available since day one. Now the guys over at Geckoboard have made it even more useful, adding a quick way for you to view response time and uptime trends for the things you monitor in Pingdom (in addition to the current service status).

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