Google Web Accelerator

gorcorps

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It's basically a timer for your webpage loading... as it changes nothing.
 

imported_Ned Flanders

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Originally posted by: gorcorps
It's basically a timer for your webpage loading... as it changes nothing.


It pre-downloads some of the linked pages in the current webpage you are on - So that it appears that your net is running faster.
 
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Originally posted by: Ned Flanders
Originally posted by: gorcorps
It's basically a timer for your webpage loading... as it changes nothing.


It pre-downloads some of the linked pages in the current webpage you are on - So that it appears that your net is running faster.

There's an about:config tweak that does that in Firefox, no?
 

dnuggett

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Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: Ned Flanders
Originally posted by: gorcorps
It's basically a timer for your webpage loading... as it changes nothing.


It pre-downloads some of the linked pages in the current webpage you are on - So that it appears that your net is running faster.

There's an about:config tweak that does that in Firefox, no?

There's also an add on tool for FF that does this as well.
 

MangoTBG

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Originally posted by: dnuggett
Originally posted by: MangoTBG
Pretty sure I've read a lot of bad reviews.

Where?

I guess that statement was a bit off. It was either from a previous topic on AT or digg or slashdot...I can't remember because it was a full year ago that the software came out. I searched google but all that came up were less than stellar year old reviews/previews.