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Cheaper and better communication http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/13.html Global Network, and The Microsoft Network (MSN). (See Appendix 1 for links.) Reducing your cost of using the Web There are so many things that you can do to reduce the cost of your use of the Web, and pointers to them are given throughout the handbook: The speed of your modem or network connection. A minimum of 28.8 kbps or higher is recomended for connecting with a modem. With anything less than 28.8 kbps you will notice a significant "lag time" when attempting to download software or view graphic intensive Web pages. Since there are many places on the Web to get the same information, try to avoid such overly large, slow loading pages. Select an Internet access number that matches the speed of your modem. If you are dialing into an access number that only supports 28.8 kbps modems, 28.8 kbps is as fast as you will ever connect, even if you have a 56 kbps modem installed in your computer. Line noise on the phone line running into your home can adversly affect your ability to maintain a consistent Internet connection with a modem. To check for line noise, plug a phone into the same line that your modem uses and listen for static (while you are not connected to the Internet). Static can cause disruptions in the transmission of data to and from the Internet causing you to lose your connection. If you hear static on the line, you might want to call your phone company and have the line checked. Use the web at times when traffic is low. Web traffic tends to increase throughout the day and peaks around the early evening. As traffic increases, speed decreases! See the Internet Traffic Report for hints. Retrieve Web pages by electronic mail (see "The World Wide Web by email" in Chapter 12). Leave the graphics behind and travel the Web at much higher speeds. To set it: In Netscape, click on Options, Autoload Image, and Save Options. A faster PC processor (say 500 Mhz) will allow you to surf the Web at faster speeds than a slower one (say 200 Mhz). A computer with more available memory will tend to surf faster than one with less. One way to avoid slowdowns in this area is to avoid opening other software applications that are not needed while you are surfing the Web. A full or highly fragmented hard disk can act to slow Web surfing considerably. To deframent your hard disk in Windows 95 or 98, click Start> Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. It will prompt you for the drive to defragment. Choose the drive letter that corresponds to your hard disk (usually C), click "Ok" and "Start". Your Web Browser's cache is a storage area on your computer's hard disk. As you surf the Web, the browser stores the Web pages you visit in the cache, up to the disk space limit that you set. Your browser can display cached Web pages faster since it doesn't have to go to the Internet to retrieve them; rather it goes right to your hard disk. Consider increasing your browser's cache size limit. If you're using DOS, use Lynx from your provider's Unix prompt to read Web pages where graphics don't matter. (See Appendix 6.) Then there's the issue of offline preparation. What else would you expect here than a plug for having the handbook on your hard disk? Registered readers can retrieve the html version after each update as one compressed file. Decompress the transportation file, and store it in a directory of choice on your hard disk. Netscape users can click on File, and then Open File... Open the location of the handbook's index file (index.html), and add it to your browser's Bookmarks for easy access. Retrieve a copy of the free AltaVista Discovery program (see Chapter 14) for Windows 95/98, or the Lookfor shareware program for MS DOS from the page referenced above. Use either of these programs to locate interesting Web pages. 2 of 7 23.11.2009 15:48
Cheaper and better communication http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/13.html Quick capture, read offline. Netscape uses a special cache directory for temporary storage of files. It is set by clicking on Options, Preferences, Cache and Network. I use a 600 KB Memory Cache, and a 1500 KB Disk cache. Whatever files are received from the Internet are stored in this cache. They will probably remain there until specifically removed (deleted), even after leaving Windows. Therefore, unless you use the "Clear Disk Cache now" option on the Setup menu regularly, you can read them offline. Everything is there. This means that you can go online, get the pages, log out, and read the pages as local files off your cache directory. Reducing the cost of using mailing lists The problem of using mailing lists is that all discussion items come to you in individual messages. Each message comes with its own mailer header, and this information is generally completely useless. (Read "Returned mail" in Chapter 7 for details.) Newer versions of the LISTSERV software provide settings that solve this problem, notably the DIGEST and the INDEX options. You can set these options by email to the server, or (easier) using the mailing list's web interface. The DIGEST option makes all daily messages come to you in one, single message. This is a big help on systems with limits on the number of messages that can be received. It will help manage the flow of message. Also, it makes the messages easier to retrieve, print, and deliver as individual messages. The INDEX option gives you a daily list of messages as in this abridged example from Net Happenings: Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:15:25 0600 Reply To: NET HAPPENINGS Search request@HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU Sender: Net Happenings From: Automatic digest processor Subject: NET HAPPENINGS Index 3 Feb 2000 to 4 Feb 2000 Special issue (#2000 61) Index Date Size Poster and subject 018502 02/04 55 From: Gleason Sackmann Subject: K12> [ClassWeb] Technology, Learning & Children Symposia call for presenters 018503 02/04 20 From: Gleason Sackmann Subject: UPDATED> TURTLE TRACKS Native American Newsletter for Children 018504 02/04 20 From: Gleason Sackmann Subject: K12> The School Teacher Mailing List/ Web Site 018505 02/04 55 From: Gleason Sackmann Subject: MISC> [DUC] HUMOR AND WISDOM: How to Deal With All of the Complaints That theVet Pet List is TOO USEFUL 018506 02/04 54 From: Gleason Sackmann Subject: K12> S.O.S. Help for Busy Teachers 2/4/00 The sizes shown are the number of lines in the messages, not counting mail headers. To order the messages you are interested in, simply reply to this message and include the original text, just as when you are replying to a normal message and want to quote what your correspondent said. Before sending the message, delete the lines corresponding to the items you are not interested in, and make 3 of 7 23.11.2009 15:48
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