05-05-2005 11:21									#31
	Full PM-box? Change here!

It's looking like this still may have some bugs to work out - another forum is reporting that while using this they're getting other people's cached PM boxes and stuff.

D:

	05-05-2005 11:35									#32
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Hmmmm...this sounds like the world's biggest proxy server then.

That sounds kinda scary!

	05-05-2005 12:11									#33
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

This sounds like a very useless product


"Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic."

Useless. Google is fast enough as it is.

quote: Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.

Ordinary proxies do this.

quote: Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.

quote: Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.

I pay for traffic! Terrible idea.

quote: Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.

What?

quote: Compressing data before sending it to your computer.

There already is hardware compression built into the modem(s).



So all in all, not a big improvement, lots of security issues and so on.

	05-05-2005 13:03									#34
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Wow a proxy server..... this must be what the world has been waiting for!

quote: There already is hardware compression built into the modem(s).

I guess this should just mean that they support gzip compression.

	05-05-2005 13:09									#35
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

It sounds like a new twist on spyware where Google have managed to get people to willingly install it.

Google spyware.

	05-05-2005 14:07									#36
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Somehow I doubt Google would release anything useless. They seem too professional..

5.8 seconds saved! Woot!

	05-05-2005 22:25									#37
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

quote: Originally posted by Tattila the Hun Somehow I doubt Google would release anything useless. They seem too professional.. 5.8 seconds saved! Woot!

Oh, it's certainly not useless... but it's use may not be what you think it is.

	05-05-2005 22:41									#38
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

It says designed for broadband, weird. Can it really make pages load faster if I have a connection starting from 1.5 Mbit to 2 Mbit down? I'm weary.

	05-05-2005 23:02									#39
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

The vast majority of web servers cannot and do not allocate 1.5 to 2 Mbit of bandwidth to each user.

If the website has an upload speed of 10KB/s to each user (if it's overloaded, for instance), you'll still get 10KB/s from it with 1.5 to 2Mbit.

With the accelerator, you'd get 1.5 to 2Mbit.

	05-05-2005 23:35									#40
	Increase Your PM Length

So, in other words, Google is trying to neutralize the Slashdot effect.

	05-05-2005 23:42									#41
	Increase the size of your Attachments

Or, in other other words, google caches everything you view and do, and lets anyone else who uses the program access it.

	05-05-2005 23:47									#42
	Get a bigger avatar today!

I bit the bullet and am installing. At least it downloaded instantly .

	05-05-2005 23:52									#43
	Remove this text

quote: Originally posted by General Ludd Or, in other other words, google caches everything you view and do, and lets anyone else who uses the program access it.

Those claims haven't been substantiated, and I'd be very, very surprised if they were true or even theoretically possible.

It doesn't cache secure HTTP (https) or any sites you add to the exclude list.

	06-05-2005 00:33									#44
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

It does, however, cache pages on forums and stuff.

So if a bunch of Apolyton people installed it and then started browsing, there's the chance that you'd get a cached version of someone else's PM box - you wouldn't be able to do anything with it, but you'd still be able to see it.

	06-05-2005 00:35									#45
	Increase the size of your Attachments

I was under the impression that it only cached static pages?

	06-05-2005 06:22									#46
	Suffering from ads?

One word: Opera.

	06-05-2005 07:23									#47
	Increase Your PM Length

What does that have to do with any of this, aside from the fact that you need to manually set up Opera because it's not significant enough ala IE and Firefox?

	06-05-2005 07:30									#48
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

I think the real help of this accelerator is that sites which are suddenly requested very many times and thus become virtually jammed can be still accessed since Google has a storage of that webpage contents.

	06-05-2005 07:55									#49
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

So this doesn't help people in asia?
*cries*

	06-05-2005 07:56									#50
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

This is weird... I downloaded it, but it doesn't record any time saved, nor does it even allow me to access Apolyton.

	07-05-2005 07:35									#51
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

quote: Originally posted by Asher What does that have to do with any of this, aside from the fact that you need to manually set up Opera because it's not significant enough ala IE and Firefox?

Opera is significantly faster than IE and at least as much fast as Firefox. And this doesn't require any manual setup, it's out of the box.

Plus, when you press the back button in Opera it *instantly* displays the page you visited before. Who needs this Google garbage?

Besides, take a look at this.

	07-05-2005 08:12									#52
	Suffering from ads?

quote: Originally posted by Alex Opera is significantly faster than IE and at least as much fast as Firefox. And this doesn't require any manual setup, it's out of the box. Plus, when you press the back button in Opera it *instantly* displays the page you visited before. Who needs this Google garbage?

That has absolutely nothing to do with the web browser. slow sites are slow in any browser.

BTW, the instant-back button thing was actually checked in for Firefox 1.1 (and is in the nightly builds I use), as of 2 days ago.

	07-05-2005 22:47									#53
	Suffering from ads?

For some web applications, the instant back feature can break the intended application behavior.

	07-05-2005 22:50									#54
	Tired of ads?

Not if the browser obeys the no-cache directive, and the web developers use it properly.

	07-05-2005 23:03									#55
	Inflate your Upload Space

no-cache directive is evil. It used to hurt my surfing back when I was on dial-up.

no-cache
expired

other such commands

	07-05-2005 23:27									#56
	Put an end to popups!

Ted Striker

	07-05-2005 23:28									#57
	Got spare money?

Lots of ifs. Web acceleration must be tuned properly for each application (even different installations of the same application). Google is just finding this out now. However, it is still beta........

	07-05-2005 23:57									#58
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote: Originally posted by Solver I bit the bullet and am installing. At least it downloaded instantly .

Maybe you want to read this first:
Google's Accelerator Breaks Web Apps, Security