Google’s new web browser, CHROME, is probably the most user friendly browser that I’ve ever experienced, especially for slower than cable internet connections. Running on all cylinders at all times, Google CHROME zooms past IE and Mozilla in terms of pulling up pages and giving you what you want instead bogging your connection speed down with of a bunch of insignificant toolbars and buttons you don’t use. Most people that have internet, have, at one time or another, been frustrated because of slow page pull up or one website that “weighs” more than others, dragging the rest of your sites down. Now, not many people know this, but Wildblue, the high speed satellite internet provider, has a tight knit affiliation with Google. Wildblue’s email is powered by Google’s Gmail and many of Google’s online applications run silky smooth when used in conjunction with a reliable internet provider with consistent speeds like Wildblue.
Using CHROME alone will definitely speed up the rate at which you move page to page, but to maximize your potential internet speed here are a couple of things you can do that take minimal effort and give you astounding results: First, if you’re using any version of Windows as your operating systems you’ll want to go to the start menu, choose ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Internet Options’ ( some versions of Windows require you click one step before this called ‘Network and Internet Connections’). Then towards the middle of the screen labeled ‘Internet Properties’ on the ‘General’ tab, you will see an area with the words ‘browsing history’, ‘cookies’, or ‘temporary internet files’ that has an option to either ‘Delete’ or view ‘Properties’. Click delete and get rid of all your cookies and temporary internet files if you have never done this, but have been using the internet for an extended period of time. This should speed up your surfing and downloading speed significantly. If you have or have had someone do this within the last month or two it may only help slightly, but any is better than none.
Next, you’ll want to download the Wildblue Optimizer to your PC. According to Wildblue.net, “the WildBlue Optimizer is a software tool designed to enhance the web surfing experience of computers connected to the WildBlue network.” Do these two things and you’ll find that the next time you’re cruising down the information superhighway, your Wildblue does, in fact, ride smoother on CHROME.
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I’m confused. I installed WildBlue Optimizer, but it states that it only optimizes Internet Explorer and Firefox. I read somewhere that I needed to “manually” install it to work with Google Chrome, but can’t find those directions anywhere.
Here is a link to the instillation instructions http://help.wildblue.net/kb/contact?page=2&search=wildblue+optimizer+setup&category=3103&article=2025. However, it should work basically the same way as it does for IE and Firefox.