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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

How to reduce data usage while using computer browsers in limited data plan ??

Computer browsers are mainly designed for broadband connection.They load more content then the mobile browsers.As it loads a full fledged web page it uses more data to be transferred.when we browse through mobile connection via data card or tethering with limited data plan it will be difficult for limiting the data usage.

Here are few tips for reducing the data usage.

1. Enable Click-To-Play plugin
    when we load a web page flash contents too get loaded along with it.This Flash content can be fairly large in size. To prevent Flash content from loading, you can enable the click-to-play plugin feature in your browser. When you access a page containing content that needs plugins – usually Flash, but occasionally Silverlight or something else – you will see placeholder images\. Click the placeholder and the content will download and play.
With click-to-play plugins, plugins won’t run automatically. They will only download and use your bandwidth if you actually want to view them.

2. Disabling images
   Images in pages to eats up your data.But unlike flash contents they use less data when compared to flash.We can disable those images.
  • For Chrome: Open the Settings screen, click Show advanced settings at the bottom, and click the Content Settings button under Privacy. Select Do not show any images.
  • For Firefox: Open the Options window, click the Content icon, and uncheck Load images automatically.
3. Disable Automatic updates
   When automatic updates are on your browser/operating system starts to scan for updates and updates if any.This may consume large amount of data depending on the update size.

4. Request mobile Website 
   You may request for mobile websites.Mobile website make use of less data unlike normal website.

5. Use opera Turbo
    When Opera Turbo is enabled, webpages are compressed via Opera's servers so that they use much less data than the originals. This means that there is less to download, so you can see your webpages more quickly.
Enabling Opera Turbo is as simple as clicking the Opera Turbo icon at the bottom-left of the Opera browser window. When you are on a fast connection again and Opera Turbo is not needed, the Opera browser will automatically disable it.

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