Oh Google, what won't you do!

Giblet

http://webaccelerator.google.com/

Speeds up the internet!

Works aswell. Devianart loads up in a few seconds now.

EDIT: AHH IT'S NOT GOOD DON'T DOWNLOAD!

aidan_walsh

:eek:

Capt'n Midnight

2. How does Google Web Accelerator work?

Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make your web pages load faster, including:

* Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
* Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
* Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
* Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
* Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
* Compressing data before sending it to your computer.

3. Can I use Google Web Accelerator with a dial-up connection?

Dial-up users may not see much improvement, as Google Web Accelerator is currently optimized to speed up web page loading for broadband connections.

must give this a try..



NOTE:
· Google Web Accelerator sends requests for web pages, except for secure web pages (HTTPS), to Google, which logs these requests. Some web pages may embed personal information in these page requests.
http://webaccelerator.google.com/privacy

0.4 seconds saved so far

the_syco

The page is taking ages to load. Accelerator my ass!

Goodshape

I have a strange feeling that Google are slowly on their way to releasing the G-1000, an advanced data-gathering prototype* droid.

Which goes mental.

And kills us all.


*obviously - nothing ever gets out of beta.

Giblet

Google new Web Accelerator caches all the websites onto a server and other machines (ala P2P). People have been reporting that they can see other peoples cache'd versions of certain websites. For example, if you are using it, you might be able to see someone elses PM's (although unlikely)

People on SA have been reporting crazy crap happening.

Do not use this.

Cabaal

Giblet wrote:

People on SA have been reporting crazy crap happening.

Do not use this.

Yeah saw the post on SA
very funny indeed...people seeing subject of people's PM's on message boards and everything

I suppose it wouldn't be too much work to see people's buddy list on boards.ie either

Goldstein

Goodshape wrote:

I have a strange feeling that Google are slowly on their way to releasing the G-1000, an advanced data-gathering prototype* droid.

Which goes mental.

And kills us all.

I'm just waiting for:
"New Google SkyNet software launched"

That'll be my cue to head for the hills.

Cabaal

Goldstein wrote:

I'm just waiting for:
"New Google SkyNet software launched"

That'll be my cue to head for the hills.

Hmm so if you end up in a nuclear bunker you might just be John Connor

vibe666

did they not learn from the desktop search debacle? :rolleyes:

Stark

Just downloaded it and installed it.

Clicked on the icon at the top-right of Firefox and all it says is "Starting...", is that normal?

Stark

Ah it's not, logged out and back into Windows and it's working okay now.

Stark

Still messed up though. Keeps trying to go to non-existent url http://webaccelerator.google.com/full when I start it up.

daveirl

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Fionn

Google is trying to replace the WWW with it’s own copy!!
So when we’re all using google’s copy instead of the public one they will be all knowing, all seeing about everyone.
That’s scary
I don’t like this, anything that can get passwords private data etc has to be viewed with distrust

There is a fix for webmasters tho
ban the ip range 72.14.192.0 – 72.14.192.255 but will anyone want to lose their ranking in google’s search engine