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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Optimizations for low-bandwidth web browsing?
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On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Grant<emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!