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- Enable at least 1 MB of XMS memory.
- Use SMARTDRV. Make sure, that you are using also write disk caching,
not only something like "SMARTDRV /X" (default setting in AUTOEXEC.BAT on
many systems).
- There are reports, that Arachne is "ultrafast" if you run it from
2 MB ramdisk (ramdisk can be configured in DOS CONGIF.SYS file).
- In multitasking enviroment like W95, try to run Arachne in
single task ("MS-DOS") mode.
- If it is possible, select directly your SVGA card and do not use VESA
driver. VESA calls are approximately two times slower than direct access
to some older SVGA cards (like Trident or TSENG). Some VESA cards slow
down Arachne so much, that it runs slower on Pentium at school lab than on
my 386 at home. Optimal "Arachne box" is probably something like DX4/100 with
Trident SVGA video card.
- Turn off local icons and turn on fast JPEG preview in "More options".
Local surfing and JPEG conversion is also faster if there is
enough DOS memory available to spawn the external utilities without leaving
Arachne.
- Switch off image loading. Or, if you still want to see images, set image
refresh time to 60 seconds (both in "More options").
- Use lower resolution to see less images at one time. It will speed up
pallette mixing.
- Try background surfing (hold Ctrl while clicking on link). You can
comfortably read current document until new one is downloaded. When download
is finished, click the link again and the document will appear immediately.
- Surf quickly (without reading) to disk cache, then disconnect modem ("H"
key) and browse documents from "Utilities" ("U" key) -> "Cache Index".
In some countries, like Czech Republic, this can also help you to reduce
your phone bill. This is something no other browser can offer!
- Try to delete disk cache (with F8 key) when computer seems to be too slow.
Searching cache for missing images and writing cache to disk both take a
lot of time. Try to decrease maximum cache size.
- Ask your Internet provider or LAN administrator if there is proxy
server available. Proxy caches frequently accessed WWW pages (like Netscape
homepage, Altavista or Yahoo queries, etc.).
- Buy faster modem or computer or select faster Internet provider...
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