Originally Posted by
henry_crun
One thing that seems to contribute to slowness is the modern fashion for as-you-go suggestions. Way back in time you typed something into googoo and hit enter to get a reply. Now it keeps suggesting things every time you hit a key. This must be very wasteful. Even worse is the discus (spelt with a q) comments service used by the Telegraph. Wish you could switch off the smarts and maximise efficiency by keeping the system dumb.
Whilst it's going a little OT, I agree that things like instant search and tooltips etc can get very tiresome (and obviously provides Google etc with loads more info about you.
One of the biggest culprits of slowing things down, albeit your PC and not your broadband service, is the Skype Click-to-call service. This is a service which ostensibly underlines clickable phone numbers in web pages. However, whilst that service has dubious benefits, it has one huge drawback as the service is so badly written it slows down most computers that have Skype installed. I would suggest anyone using Skype uninstalls this service.
