Improving PC Performance Part 3 - Browsing

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Improving PC Performance Part 3 - Browsing

#1 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:41 pm

so, most of the people are using Internet Explorer - well, it was on the system when they bought it so.....

Welcome to M$ advert heaven - and it has so many holes in it you would be amazed (IE7 is a little better but....)

So how else can you browse the web safely?

If you want to stay with IE, then there are two simple things to do to stop pop ups/unders and spam shite.... First off, go to www.google.co.uk and click on the "more" icon

then install the google toolbar - that will stop a lot of popup adverts straight off :)

the next one is a little more difficult - but try it

head to http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and read up and install - it works - so well that many websites will have empty panes where the adverts used to be..... saves a lot of time and bandwidth!
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#2 Post by Gio » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:07 pm

What about Firefox 2? or Opera 9
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#3 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:17 pm

aye - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ - Firefox, is what I use - i have not tried opera in a while so can't comment
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#4 Post by Gio » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:28 pm

Opera isn't bad, its catching up with Firefox for ease of use IMO
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#5 Post by Samray » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:35 pm

Some useful add ons there for ff. :smt001
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#6 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:36 pm

nod - have heard that - but i believe that there is a cost in it?

I have got so used to firefox that I have stopped looking at other things - but, as opera works on the Nintendo Wii I may have to look soon :)
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#7 Post by Woodyfjr » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:18 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:nod - have heard that - but i believe that there is a cost in it?

I have got so used to firefox that I have stopped looking at other things - but, as opera works on the Nintendo Wii I may have to look soon :)
How do you get Opera on the Wii?
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#8 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:32 pm

you have to now buy the internet channel - was free when the original post was made - about 500 points i believe?


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Thought it may be time to add to this

#9 Post by flatlander » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:01 am

Plus as a new member on the site it shows willing :smt001
Currently the most popular choices appear to be

stick with internet explorer
Firefox
Google Chrome

of these 3 Chrome appears to be gaining most popularity at present personally I wouldn't use it but then I am fighting a losing battle against having half my life recorded.

Some tips that you can use to try and maintain performance is to look for the option to delete files when closing the browser (in IE this under internet options then advanced and is a box you select from the list)

You should also check for options not to reuse data such as storing passwords form data etc usually under the security options I think
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