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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Optimizations for low-bandwidth web browsing?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>> I need to optimize web browsing for a slow cell phone data connection.
>> I'd like to browse faster and use less data ($). I've installed
>> ImgLikeOpera for Firefox which is great at selectively blocking
>> images, and I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do?
>
> NoScript and AdblockPlus, for sure... You'll also probably want to
> disable all backroung update checks in Firefox so it doesn't secretly
> check for and/or download new extensions and themes.
>
> Your ISP (mobile phone carrier in this case) may have a web proxy that
> compresses html and images to make them smaller.
>
> Another trick is to use the Google xhtml search to get reformatted
> "mobile" versions of web pages which will be very lightweight:
> http://www.google.com/xhtml
>
> Good luck!
Thanks everyone. I've got Adblock Plus running now and I'm
downloading Opera 10 although it is hard masked. Crossing my fingers.
I'm curious about http://www.google.com/xhtml which is said to give
mobile versions of web pages. It seems to link to full versions.
Does it just link to mobile versions if they are available from the
page's author?
- Grant