Why is my browser slow. Browsers have become the essential connection to the internet. There are many browsers available including : Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer (IE) for various devices. Browsers take up HUGE amounts of CPU, and MEMORY, when running, this is the reason why, the browser experience can get frustrating and slow.
Solutions :
Solution 1. See “Why is my computer slow”.
Solution 2. Close down unnecessary pages, especially video pages. Even-though you may not be using the page, information and data may be being processed in the background. So only open pages when needed.
Solution 3. Browsers are notorious for threading and memory leakage, if you keep browsing and add extra tabs or windows the computer may grind to a halt. So try to minimise opening tabs and new windows.
Solution 4. Check the network connection. If you can browse and webpage like www.google.com very fast and another very slow, then the problem could be the website you are connecting to. Check other sites out to compare loading times.
Solution 5. Turn off unnecessary functions (plugins, addons, extensions) or functionality like javascript or images, BUT, this may render the webpage unreadable or unusable.
Solution 6. Reduce the screen resolution, this may make the page look ugly, but the lower resolution may make the page load faster.
Solution 7. Get a web page accelerator. This may reduce download times as some data or resources could be cached (files or data saved for later retrieval) to reduce the reloading of the page.
Solution 8. Downloading of software can bring down browsing speeds. This is due to the connection being shared. The download may take over 60% of the connection, which leaves only 40% or less for browsing. Which is less than half the browsing speed.
Solution 9. Check the network connection you get from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) by using speed testing software www.speedtest.net. WARNING, use these speed tests with caution, they are not accurate and can give unpredictable results due to bandwidth, caching, latency, network load. Do at least 10 tests to get an average of the up and download speed. If your speed is un-exceptable look for another ISP, or check your LAN or wireless connection.
Solution 10. Modern browser now have developer and profiling tools to allow users to check where the browser speed is failing. Recording profiles for a websites shows what resources have been downloaded, and how long resources take to load completely.
Solution 11. Due to the worry about viruses, many users use virus checkers. This is a good and bad thing, regarding surfing the web. The good : protects you, bad : constant checks slows browser speed down considerably. What is the compromise? Switch off the virus checker and get viruses, or keep the virus checker on BUT only go to sites you KNOW are virus free. Many are choosing the second option as the browsing experiencing can be very frustrating with constant checks. With physhing sites, malware, trojans and worst of all rootkits, you have to be REALLY careful while surfing, if you turn off you virus checker.
Solution 12. Turing on the firewall may block harmful connections and allow allow valid connections in and our of your device.
Solution 13. To start getting really technical use software like HiJackThis and Housecall and Wireshark to see what is hurting your browsing experience. Check latest virus threats using tools like Threat Watch app. Cookies and monitoring software may have been installed on your device to send out valuable data, adverts, and information to remote sources for marketing, spying or malicious purposes to steel keys and passwords , payment details using key loggers. So BE CAREFUL. 70% fraud on the internet.
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