Frequently Asked Questions

1. Does the Netfury Internet Accelerator accelerate Broadband DSL or cable?
2. Can I use Mozilla FireFox browser with Netfury Accelerator?
3. I have two computers; can I share a paid subscription to Netfury Accelerator?
4. Are ad blockers, popup stoppers, personal firewalls and other utilities compatible with Netfury Accelerator?
5. How can I further improve Acceleration performance?
6. Can I use Opera with Netfury Accelerator?
7. My performance was great but has slowed down recently. What can I do?
8. What do the Netfury Icons represent?
9. How can I find out what proxy port number The Netfury Accelerator is using?
10. Can I accelerate my Apple Macintosh using The Netfury Accelerator?
11. Can I Speed Up Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) with Netfury Accelerator?

How can I further improve Acceleration performance?

Note: This FAQ is also useful if you are simply interested in figuring out exactly how much acceleration you are getting. With Netfury Accelerator in place you should be seeing a very noticeable increase in surfing speed -- an average of 3X acceleration with some pages appearing up to 5 times faster. To get a better idea of the types of speed improvements you should expect to receive see the Netfury Accelerator Technical Overview. It contains a table showing typical speed improvements accessing several popular Web sites such as Amazon c/net and Priceline among others over dial-up modems. In our studies Web page performance can be significantly influenced by a number of factors including:

• Amount of data required to display a Web page. If you haven't already done so try a higher Graphics Acceleration setting such as Level 4 or 5.
• Connection speed which can vary significantly even when you are using the same ISP and dialing in to the same phone number.
• Available memory (RAM) which can vary depending on the number of applications you are running. Even though Netfury Accelerator can run with very little available RAM acceleration benefits can be further optimized if you have plenty of free RAM available.

If you are not seeing a very noticeable increase in surfing speed with Netfury Accelerator (or perhaps no improvement at all) please take the following steps:

1. First you need to make sure that Netfury Accelerator is working properly. When you browse a typical Web site you should see arrows moving over the Netfury Accelerator icon in the Windows taskbar near the clock. If you are not seeing the arrows or are getting little to no acceleration for important Troubleshooting Tips. It only takes a few minutes to make sure that Netfury Accelerator is working for you.
2. If Netfury is working properly the next step is to measure the performance increase you are getting:

• The mouse-over. The quickest/fastest way to determine the amount of acceleration you are getting is to move your mouse over the Netfury Accelerator icon. A small pop-up will appear telling you that Netfury Accelerator is enabled and reporting the average speed up you are getting.
• Performance meter. Click on the Netfury menu and choose Performance Meter and Test Page... In addition to displaying your average speed-up you'll also see your effective speed in kbps (kilobits/second) based on Netfury's compression of text and graphics.
• Performance Test Page. You'll also find a button that will take you to the Netfury Accelerator Performance Test Page (PTP). For more details on the Netfury Accelerator performance tests Click Here.
• Enable/Disable Netfury Accelerator. You can use the Disable Netfury Accelerator menu command to turn off Netfury Accelerator for an hour or two of surfing then turn it back on and use it for a similar amount of time.

Independent verification. Numion provides a stopwatch for timing page loads as well as many other interesting timing tools.

Just a reminder: If you aren't seeing the acceleration you expect please see Troubleshooting Tips

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