Monday, March 3, 2008

Slow Download?

Try this tip! If you've got a slow connection, did you know you can access sites on the internet without the graphics and animations? You can try using the mobile-phone edition of the site, if it's available. You get the same info without waiting on all the associated "flash". To find a site's mobile edition, try searching for "mobile (name of site), often however, you only need to replace the "www" at the start of its address with "m". Here's an example: instead of http://www.mlb.com/, try m.mlb.com.

5 comments:

MyraG said...

...and, if a site doesn't have a mobile edition, you can just set your browser to not load the graphics.

Good post, Pat!

Lu said...

Wow, that is interesting. Now if I can remember all these nifty details.

jenn said...

I didn't know this. Good information to have, especially when dealing with a large class. Have you tried it with a class in your lab?

Patricia said...

Jenn: Haven't tried it in the lab, but I think I will today! I'll keep you posted.

Anonymous said...

Great suggestion! I hate waiting for sites to load.