Speed up web browsing
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This is a brief introduction how to speed up web pages. | This is a brief introduction how to speed up web pages. | ||
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See article [[Ad blocking]] for multiple solutions to filter web pages from unwanted content. | See article [[Ad blocking]] for multiple solutions to filter web pages from unwanted content. | ||
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| + | Caching proxies were traditionally used to speed up browsing on the world wide web. Some 3G operators still provide them. Sometimes, these proxies also lower the quality of JPEG images in order to save bandwidth. Opera Mini, a Java ME browser for mobile platforms, is known to utilize a caching proxy, run by Opera Software ASA. One may also configure such proxy on their own server, for example Privoxy. | ||
[[Category:Basics]] | [[Category:Basics]] | ||
Revision as of 06:45, 19 October 2009
This is a brief introduction how to speed up web pages.
Filtering content
See article Ad blocking for multiple solutions to filter web pages from unwanted content.
Caching proxy
Caching proxies were traditionally used to speed up browsing on the world wide web. Some 3G operators still provide them. Sometimes, these proxies also lower the quality of JPEG images in order to save bandwidth. Opera Mini, a Java ME browser for mobile platforms, is known to utilize a caching proxy, run by Opera Software ASA. One may also configure such proxy on their own server, for example Privoxy.