10 options from Google for the slow Internet

Of course, it is unlikely many now use dial-up, but the presence of a hand with an access point Wi-Fi signal, hinting at the location this same point in a lead box or sad inscription «GPRS» on the smartphone screen, acting as an access point - it is quite really.

Unfortunately, most of today's sites did not initially envisage a situation where the user may have a slow internet. Google provides.

1. Simplified HTML-version of Gmail

To switch to this mode of operation with Google Mail you need to click on the link https://mail.google.com/mail/h/. In cases where the address loading is very slow, the Google itself offers the option to transition to a simplified HTML-version. In this mode, you will not have access to some functional mail, but the basic functionality (ability to read and send e-mails) will remain available.

2. Turning off Google Instant

Just go to the page https://www.google.com/preferences? hl = ru, Find the item "Live Search", select "Never" and save your changes at the bottom of the page. Now when you Google search query will not be "on the fly" produce results when typing letters and words. To disable the autocomplete and more in the search box, visit a search engine link

https://www.google.ru/webhp? complete = 0.

3. YouTube Feather

"This pluggable solution to support the beta function" Light "on YouTube. Its use will significantly reduce delays when loading a page view. This is achieved by limiting the features available to the viewer, as well as reduce the amount of data to be downloaded by the browser, thanks to modern web technologies. " To use this solution, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta.

4. Old Google Image Search interface

Following the link https://www.google.ru/imghp? sout = 1 you will have access to the old version of the search engine Google Image. This interface is better suited to search for images with a slow a connection.

5. Manual download additional content in Chrome

This is a very handy feature, which does not allow content that requires additional plug-ins page to load automatically. To activate it, type in the address bar, Chrome «chrome: // chrome / settings / content», then find you see "Plug-ins" window, select the "Click to Play", and then click "OK".

6. google transcoder

This tool is available at http://google.ru/gwt/n and is an optimizer for mobile devices, but also works fine on a computer. Here you can enter the URL of the page you want, then Google will compress it well in front of the display. Hence it is available and a search box.

7. View a page from Google's cache in the "text only"

You can view older versions of a page from Google's cache to display only text. To do this in the browser address bar, type " http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search? strip = 1 & q = cache:page address». Instead of "page address" must specify the URL of the page you want. For example, to view the home page Layfhakera line will look like http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search? strip = 1 & q = cache: lifehacker.ru.

8. We pretend to the mobile device via the Chrome developer mode

The meaning of this action is that if the site will take us to a visitor from a mobile device, in most cases, automatically load the mobile version of the site that much easier standard. To display the Developer mode in Chrome, press «Ctrl + Shift + I» (Win) or «Comand-Option-I» (Mac). In the lower right corner of the GEAR find, hidden behind a setting, then scroll to «user Agent», select option «Override User Agent» and in the list that appears, select, for example, iPad - iOS 5 or Android 4.0.2 - Galaxy Nexus. «Override device metrics» Also disable the option.

9. Public DNS-servers Google

You can replace offered by your ISP DNS servers on the public Google servers. To do this, replace the current values ​​on the «8.8.8.8» in the configuration of your operating system and «8.8.4.4».

10. Use a good browser

In modern browsers use different technologies such as SPDY protocol, designed to speed up the work pages. Moreover, surfing with a browser safer, more convenient, and a chance encounter with incorrect display of pages or processing the request on the page becomes much lower. Among the browsers that support the above-mentioned technology, are Chrome and Firefox. Opera supports proprietary technology to accelerate page loading slow connection called Opera Turbo.

Happy browsing!