| When surfing the internet, there are two things | | | | you don't need. Many times each of these uses a |
| that determine the speed of the page that is | | | | little bit of RAM and can start making your |
| loading. The first is your internet connection which | | | | browser's performance very low. The less of |
| you can't do much about to speed up. The | | | | these you have, the faster you will be surfing. |
| second is the speed of your browser. There are | | | | Use an addon on called AdBlockPlus. This will block |
| things that you can do that will make your | | | | many Flash and Java elements on pages that you |
| browser work faster. | | | | don't need to be seeing. It will improve loading |
| The first thing that you need to do is to update | | | | speed and performance. If you visit a site that |
| your browser to the most recent version. Doing | | | | takes awhile to load and has something like this on |
| this will give you the most up to date security, | | | | it, it's likely the next time you go to that site that |
| functionality, and speed that the browser has. | | | | it will load much faster. |
| Updates have been made to improve | | | | Increase your browser cache size. This will make |
| performance so you might as well take | | | | hitting the forward and back buttons much |
| advantage of them. | | | | quicker since those pages will be stored in your |
| Be sure you also update your browser plugins. | | | | computer's memory as opposed to reloading |
| Many sites are using Flash and Java. These plugins | | | | again. |
| need to be updated for security and speed as | | | | For sites that are just too slow, consider using |
| well. Many forget about these. | | | | the RSS feed in a feed reader to view that |
| If you have a browser that can have addons, | | | | content. |
| you might consider getting rid of the ones that | | | | |