Blackberry dummies 2 Manual page 195

Figure 10-14:
The General
Properties
screen.
On a wireless network, many factors can affect
how fast Web pages display. If you find that
browsing the Web is extremely slow, you can
make your pages load faster, but you lose the
ability to take advantage of a few features.
Here are some of the speed-enhancing work-
arounds you can use:
✓ Don't display images . You can achieve a
big performance improvement by turning
off image display. From the Browser menu,
touch-press Browser Options, touch-press
Browser Configuration, finger-scroll to
Show Images, and change the value to No.
✓ Check your BlackBerry memory . When
your BlackBerry's memory is depleted, its
performance degrades. The BlackBerry
low-memory manager calls each applica-
tion every now and then, telling each one
to free resources.
Chapter 10: Surfing the Internet Wave
Speeding up browsing
✓ Turn off other features . If you're mostly
Hint: Don't leave many e-mail messages
unread. When the low-memory manager
kicks in, Messages tries to delete old mes-
sages, but it can't delete unread messages.
interested in viewing content, consider
turning off features that pertain to how
the content is processed, such as Support
HTML Tables, Use Background Images,
Support JavaScript, Allow JavaScript
Popups, and Support Style Sheets. To turn
off other Browser features, touch-press
Browser from the Home screen, press the
menu key, touch-press Options, and then
touch-press General Properties.
Warning: We don't advise turning off fea-
tures while performing an important task
such as online banking. If you do, you may
not be able to perform some of the actions
on the page. For example, the Submit button
might not work. Not good.
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