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Name: Intel 80486 (by meisinscotland)
Hello all. This is more of a solution than a problem.
I am on a diabolical internet connection that barely works as it is. However, I think I found a way to dramatically improve IE's performance when navigating back/forward and thru websites.
In Internet Options, I simply told the cache manager [temporary internet files] to "never" check for updated pages. The Default I believe is "Automatic". I am not entirely sure whats behind it and if this is my faulty logic please excuse me. But my guess is every time you hit back it checks for a new page on the server. Well I dont see the point in that and by telling it not to do this my browsing has sped up a lot. Using hotmail is now a joyous task!
So before any of you numbercrunchers and fact monsters come along (sorry guys, bad sarcasm) I'm saying, (in fact telling) that from a paractical point of view, this HAS worked for me and could well work for you too.
Just a little nugget of info there...
Enjoy the rest of your day!
:)
There is one subtle yet vital difference between opinion and fact; and the bigger man is he who can whole-heartedly admit this.
I'm at work now, but when I get home I'll try it. Hey, it couldn't hurt. It does seem stupid to me, to check for a new page when you ask it to load the page. Of course, I want a new page; why in the world would I want the old page? Just load it! MS does some things really stupidly. Case in point.
Thanks.A positive attitude won't solve all your problems, but it will annoy just enough people to be worth the effort.
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PC Bob: Thats cool!
Domass: I do. I am in a college student residences which gives us 3 Megs of bandwidth for around 50 rooms. Half of those which probably have computers, around half again which are probably spyware infected and sucking up the bandwidth. It means people like I who have clean computers and who do innocent things like IMMing my overseas friends and [trying] to moderate website, get worse off.
Wet in Washington: Glad it helped.
There is one subtle yet vital difference between opinion and fact; and the bigger man is he who can whole-heartedly admit this.
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Callum,
I simply told the cache manager [temporary internet files] to "never" check for updated pages. The Default I believe is "Automatic".am running IE7 here .... where do i find the option to "never check for updated pages" (???)
thanks :)
Rob, Central Coast
NSW Australia
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ps, i went to Tools\InternetOptions\Advanced tab but couldn't spot it
Rob, Central Coast
NSW Australia
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I have spotted a possible glitch in my theory. When I posted my above post, confirmed it, and then headed to the page where it showed me what I typed, and clicked the "click here to view the message you posted" bla bla bla, I was brought back here BUT. It didn't show my post, because I believe it had loaded the old version.
A refresh, and I was right back at the newest version. I found myself doing this once with myspace as well. If it could become an annoyance, I recommend NOT doing what I said, but, for me [and most people I believe] the advantages of this far outweigh this single disadvantage I have come across so far.
Cheery-bye, and keep 'em coming! :)
There is one subtle yet vital difference between opinion and fact; and the bigger man is he who can whole-heartedly admit this.
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ok hold on.
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Internet Options//Temporary Internet Files.[on the general tab as you open the options]There should be three buttons. "Delete Cookies" "Delete Files" "Settings". Click Settings.
Under "Check for newer versions of stored pages", select "Never".
OK your way out of those dialogues, and your done! ;)
There is one subtle yet vital difference between opinion and fact; and the bigger man is he who can whole-heartedly admit this.
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great! Wow I see my post is popular :P
I love helping people but I rarely get to do it... :)
There is one subtle yet vital difference between opinion and fact; and the bigger man is he who can whole-heartedly admit this.
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One more thing people: This little trick works fabulously for very graphic heavy websites like CNET, that use the similar structure round the whole site. Rather than reloading everything from the web, similar aspects such as the yellow banner up the top, and suchlike, arent even reloaded from the web.
Damn this is good. Wait till I plug my laptop in at college.. oh my I might go dizzy :S ! [very fast connection up there]
There is one subtle yet vital difference between opinion and fact; and the bigger man is he who can whole-heartedly admit this.
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The so-called tweak is not so much some diamond in the rough - its always been out there ;-)
As you've also noticed, this is only good if you're ok with hitting F5 nearly everytime you're loading dynamic pages, it might not be so much as an added inconvenience for you but for anyone with a *real* broadband connection - it doesn't offer any unique advantage.
This behavior is the reason why I am always turned away from Opera very quickly on the infrequent occasions that I use the browser - it does this by default.
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I know :P
I use Opera too :D
And I absolutely agree with the hitting of F5 but for me it actually proves less hassle than I thought, without explaining it too much I often reload pages I visit just for the purpose of using the links.
Of course I guess it may not be the same for others.
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