Google Web Accelerator - Page 2

05-05-2005, 16:16

Giving it a try. So far it isn't working

dilli-theclaw · 05-05-2005, 16:18

Well apparently I've saved 1.3 mins during they day so far. Which is good I guess

05-05-2005, 16:21

Finnaly got it working now, the little arrow goes up and down. So far 0.0 seconds have been saved

Millay · 05-05-2005, 16:44

hmm im tempted to give it a go now, anything with uselless stats and moving arrows etc..

MadGamer · 05-05-2005, 16:46

I installed it successfully amd the pages load lighteningly fast now.

Stuart · 05-05-2005, 16:55

One thing anyone who is on the 1 Meg/3Gig a month cap service should note: I have been using it since 10am, and while the estimate says I have saved 2.1 minutes, GWA has downloaded over 160meg of data..

**Chris** · 05-05-2005, 16:57

2.1 minutes all day? Doesn't really sound as if it's worth it!

05-05-2005, 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by scastle

One thing anyone who is on the 1 Meg/3Gig a month cap service should note: I have been using it since 10am, and while the estimate says I have saved 2.1 minutes, GWA has downloaded over 160meg of data..

According to NetMeter, browsing CableForum is resulting in hardly anything being downloaded

EDIT: Now I understand why it uses so much space and I don't see much downloading, it's because it runs a private proxy on your system

danielf · 05-05-2005, 18:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millay

hmm im tempted to give it a go now, anything with uselless stats and moving arrows etc..

The moving arrow is quite cool really

Edit: I think that's the trick. Pages don't really load faster, but there's something to keep you busy while a page loads, so it looks faster...

Richard M · 05-05-2005, 18:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electrolyte

Quote:

Originally Posted by scastle

One thing anyone who is on the 1 Meg/3Gig a month cap service should note: I have been using it since 10am, and while the estimate says I have saved 2.1 minutes, GWA has downloaded over 160meg of data..

According to NetMeter, browsing CableForum is resulting in hardly anything being downloaded

That's because CF is a dynamic site, so each page would have changed when you retrieve it (another post, someone goes offline, clock changes etc).
Therefore there will be no page the same in the cache.

Oh, and:

Code:

Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: private, post-check=0, pre-check=0, max-age=0

...means that your browser or proxy will never store the page anyway.

danielf · 05-05-2005, 18:45

How the hell does it download 18Meg when it displays performance data based on 71 pages visited?

kronas · 05-05-2005, 18:47

hold on....judging by the privacy policy does it not mean this is technically spyware ? IP logging site logging.....

anyway im refusing to install it on the basis that its collecting information.

Richard M · 05-05-2005, 18:49

I like the prefetching.

EDIT: The privacy issues don't concern me, it's highly unlikely Google would ever do anything like Microsoft does on a regular basis.

kronas · 05-05-2005, 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

EDIT: The privacy issues don't concern me, it's highly unlikely Google would ever do anything like Microsoft does on a regular basis.

im afraid that i dont trust corporate compaines, i know google is one of the 'good guys' for now.....but it still does not change the fact that it is spyware.

AndrewJ · 05-05-2005, 18:57

I agree with Kronas didn't this issue also raise up with G-mail?