Then get the CB Mozilla Optimizer that I post about above. How do I uninstall/reinstall Web Accelerator? I would do the clean install and have your friend help you with that and cleaning up the Web Accelerator. Maybe your firewall is why you have all the trouble too. Netscape Web Accelerator is only compatible with the Netscape Internet Service and available only for Windows.' Web Accelerator may not be compatible with proxy based software or services such as content filters or firewalls. Some web pages such as secure or encrypted web pages will not be accelerated. You agree and understand that the actual data speeds for downloading certain files, such as music or pictures, will not be faster using Web Accelerator than with standard dial-up service. The first version of the browser was released in 1994, known as Mosaic and then Mosaic Netscape until a legal challenge from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (makers of NCSA Mosaic, which many of Netscape's founders had spent time developing) which led to the name change to Netscape. Web Accelerator uses proprietary compression technology to accelerate certain web page text and graphics when compared to standard dial-up Internet service however, actual results may vary and actual data transmission rates are not faster than standard dial-up Internet service. Netscape Navigator was the name of Netscape's web browser from versions 1.0 through 4.8. and SlipStream Web Accelerator Client: Comparative Analysis of SlipStream Web Accelerator Client and Propel Accelerator, November 2003. ' Testing performed by Veritest, the testing division of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., concluded that the Web Accelerator technology can improve web page download conditions for dial-up access by up to five times faster than a download made without an accelerator.

Yep it is only compressing images and that so not helping much and the images you see will look worse too because they compress them more. Its developers' economic problems and strong rivalry caused this browser to become outdated as time went by, nevertheless, even today it can still come in very handy to see how certain websites work, to be used on outdated computers or, simply, to browse again with this Internet browser project.'Web Accelerator's technology improves web page download time but does not increase data transmission speeds.' This software was really advanced because it included features that other developments took years to add: tab-based browsing, integrated searches with various search engines, favorites manager. The truth is that the suite provided by Netscape is really complete: an HTML editor called Composer, the ICQ instant messaging software, a news and email client and, of course, a brilliant browser. This browser included great innovations and an incredible potential making many webmasters and users plead for it. There was a time when the war between browsers only had two rivals, Netscape and Internet Explorer, the product by Microsoft managed to win, but Netscape set the bases on which other products, like Firefox, have been developed.

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