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Google Web Accelerator?

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3.1 minutes saved so far. It seems faster but I don't like the privacy issues with it:

When you use Google Web Accelerator, Google servers receive and log your page requests.
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Nah, Google's not evil.
 
few quick issues ive had

it likes to not return pages at some points when i want to view them, gives me a no document when i used to not have that issue. seems to be because of the proxy or whatever the hell they are using.

MIKE
 
I don't notice any increase in speed, and when it saves its cache it makes my music skip. Also, it's kinda like spyware, and I hate spyware.

Uninstall it goes.
 
Installed it, weighed personal security vs. very very minor speed improvements - uninstalled.

I also uninstalled googles desktop search - too much disk activity, and again - a potential security risk.

I'll kee the toolbar (without advanced features) and GMail, that's it.
 
Hmph. You guys DO realize that "Amount of time saved" doesn't take into consideration of "Amount of time lost?" - for some that are at 0.0 seconds, I suspect you guys are in the negatives.
 
I ended up getting rid of it. It's total spyware. I can't believe Google's golden image allows them to get away with few other companies could.
 
Originally posted by: dwell
I ended up getting rid of it. It's total spyware. I can't believe Google's golden image allows them to get away with few other companies could.
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Some people worship at the altar of Google so much they'd use anything they put out just because it's Google and it's somehow seen as revolutionary. Ironically, the only revolutionary idea they've ever really brought into the mainstream was content-based ads (like the ones on the bottom of the page.) Search engines, local search, mapping utilities, desktop search, webmail, pricing engines all existed long before Google arrived and added their spin on these things.

It's almost inevitable at some point that Google will be viewed by many with the same distrust reserved for corporations like Microsoft. It's already started to some extent, but I think the big swing in its image will proably start whenever they launch their own browser. The privacy issues that will likely be associated with that browser will turn a lot of people away as Google will likely integrate a lot of this caching, bookmark logging, etc into its reporting to try and help boost its search algorithms to in turn boost advertising revenue.
 
The best feature isn't the accelerated downloading, but being able to access other people's private messages and password protected sites.

Of course, if you don't want other people reading your PMs, etc. then perhaps you should avoid it.

Long discussion of this at the something awful forums (Link)
 
Originally posted by: dwell
They shut down new downloads claiming they can't handle the load right now.
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I have a feeling this whole thing isn't gonna work for google. They'll eventually have to shut the whole thing down
 
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