Load Gmail Faster in Slower Internet Connections[How To]

If you are surfing with a slower internet connection like dial up or wireless wi-fi ,Gmail takes much time to load all the mails.So here Internet is major leading factor which decides the speed loading of Gmail in slow internet connections.

Here i present you some ideas how to make Gmail load quicker in slow internet connections...

1.Reduce the number of conversations per page:

By default Gmail loads 50 mails per page,but its not necessary to load  50 per page.You can make them change  to 10,15,20,25,50,100. Its best to keep 20 mails per page.
To change this settings go to  Settings > General

2. Turn off keyboard shortcuts

Consider turning off the keyboard shortcuts so that Gmail doesn’t check for keystrokes while logging in. To turn off keystrokes, navigate to settings > general and check the radio button “Keyboard shortcuts off”.

3. Directly Login to the older version

Gmail has an older version with a basic html interface that is ideal for slow internet connections (dial up or wireless router). You can access the basic html version of Gmail using the following link.

                                                Gmail – Basic html

Bookmark the above link in your browser and use it to login to the basic html version of Gmail automatically.

4. Use the mobile version of Gmail

The mobile version of Gmail which is accessible from http://m.gmail.com, is even lighter than the basic html version. You are given a minimalistic interface to read emails and there is no chat, labels or advertisements.

Here is how the mobile version of Gmail looks inside the web browser:

5. Disable Web clips

Web Clips show you news headlines, blog posts, RSS and Atom feeds, and relevant sponsored links, right at the top of your inbox. You can disable Gmail web clips to save gmail loading time.

Just uncheck the checkbox “Show my web clips above the Inbox” from settings > web clips.

6. Skip the Browser check

Typing “gmail.com” in the browser address bar would cause Gmail to check for the browser being used. You can skip this browser check by using this link.

7. Disable labs for performance gain

You can temporarily disable labs and login to gmail using this link. This would disable Gmail labs temporarily so that you can login to your gmail account quickly.

But if your internet connection is slow, you should permanently disable labs.

       1.  Go to Settings > Labs.
       2.  Select the Disable radio button by the features you’ve enabled.
       3.  Click Save Changes.

8. Link multiple Gmail accounts and check email at one place

If you have multiple Gmail or Google apps accounts, you have to frequently login and logout to check all your emails. A good idea would be to link multiple email accounts and check email from one gmail account. This will save precious time and you can get rid of the login-logout cycle.

9. Get emails as Rss feeds

You can get emails as Rss feeds. The subject line of the email appears as a new item in the feed reader and you can keep an eye on incoming messages.

10. Use Igoogle when Gmail inbox Freezes

When the Gmail inbox fails to load, try adding a widget in I-Google homepage to read Gmail messages without opening Gmail-inbox.

11. Use a faster browser

Quit using IE or Firefox and switch to Google chrome or Safari to check Gmail. I have observed increased loading speed of Gmail in Google chrome and Safari. You can speed up Firefox and IE7 for better loading speeds.

12. Use a Desktop email client or switch to Google Gears

You can use outlook to add your Gmail and Google apps accounts and receive emails in your desktop. Hence if the internet connection is slow and hangs up, you can still read older messages as they are saved locally in your computer.

Alternatively, you can use Google gears which will download and save email messages for offline viewing.

13. Use a Desktop notifier to get new email notifications and stop checking email every now and then

You can use a free utility to automatically check for new emails of multiple Gmail or Google apps accounts from desktop. When you get new emails, you can read them from the notifier window itself. Hence you can avoid logging in to your email account and read or delete  messages from desktop.

There are all the techniques discussed to load Gmail quickly in slow internet connections such as Wifi- dial up or when using a wireless router. Do share your tips and suggestions in the comments.

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Quickly Scan files with VirusTotal.com [Desktop Tool]

If you are a windows user then antivirus is must for you as it not only keeps your PC safe from viruses but also removes any active virus and malware infection. However not one particular antivirus available in market is perfect and full proof.

The antivirus software work on the basis of checking files against available virus. These virus signatures are continuously added to the database and each client are updated with new virus signatures to protect from latest viruses. Not every antivirus company manages to get virus signatures for every latest virus spreading on internet. The time frame from the virus starts spreading and antivirus  software updated with its signature to detect it is most critical.

Hence it becomes mandatory for you scan each and every file you download from internet with multiple antivirus scanner but installing all antivirus software is not feasible or even possible for any one. That’s where VirusTotal.com was developed, which is one of best and robust virus scanning service that too free.

Unfortunately VirusTotal only has online website where you have to manual upload file you want to scan. Though it doesn’t take much time but don’t you think if you had desktop tool which can automate files scanning with Virustotal.com would be awesome? if you think so, then here is unofficial VirusTotal Scanner desktop tool developed by securityxploded.com

Virus Total Scanner is free utility to quickly perform virus scan right from desktop with Virus Total’s 40 plus antivirus scanner, The most surprising part is, it doesn’t upload actual files, instead performs hash based scan which significantly reduces the time taken to perform Antivirus scan using VirusTotal.

It also provides Right click context menu,so that you can scan  any file easily.

This software can be downloaded by clicking the below button. 

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Browse Facebook Photos just like Pinterest !!

Facebook is a highly popular online social network where people share photo updates every minute. Often the most interesting updates on the network are photo updates and most users log onto the site simply to check out the photos. For such users, Facebook’s interface could do with some major revamping.The native interface was not intended for photo-only browsing which makes many of the interface design choices inconvenient for people who visit Facebook only for photographs.

If you are one of the people who visit Facebook only for the images, then you should check out a web app called Friendsheet.

Friendsheet is a free to use web application that provides a superior image-viewing interface for Facebook photos. When you visit Friendsheet’s website, you are asked to login to the site using your Facebook account.

Once you have logged in you can access all photos of your Facebook profile.The view can be as follows...





You can view it in Full mode by clicking on picture...


By default you are given a view of all the updates; these include image updates from your friends, yourself, and the pages you have liked. You can choose to filter the thumbnail images that appear. You can view image updates by only your friends or yourself.

You can upload your own images as well through Friendsheet, by pointing to an image stored on your computer and then typing up a caption for them.

 In final Friendsheet is the best website for those who visit Facebook for Photos.











Check out Friendsheet.

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Mobile Locator [TOOL]

Hello friends,I`m Akshay again here to present you a smart tool.This tool is about Mobile Tracing.Actually i designed it for the people who are searching a lot to trace some mobile no`s.

Friends,Please Like this page :  http://www.facebook.com/technozoen


Trace any Mobile:


1.      Just enter any mobile number in the below text field.

2.      Click the Trace button

3.      Then the details of the mobile number will be displayed. :D

I also started a blog to post this tool,you can find it here  


http://tracemobileumber.blogspot.in/

Iam going to prepare a mobile app and will be updated on my site. 

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