Deleting Temporary Files

• When your browser loads a page, it saves copies of the page and related images to your computer. This way, if you return to the page, your browser can load the copies from your computer instead of retrieving them from the Web server again. In most cases, the browser's default storage settings will be sufficient. But, you can lower this amount if you're having problems or are running low on hard drive space.

  In Netscape, select Options…Network Preferences…Cache. In the "Disk Cache" text entry field, type a lower number. From this dialog box you can also empty the disk cache of all files and specify when Netscape should check the cache before retrieving a new copy of the page.

  In Internet Explorer, select View…Options… Advanced. Then, click the "Settings" button. Move the slider to change the amount of space available for temporary files. From this dialog box you can also empty the temporary folder and specify when Internet Explorer should check the temporary folder before retrieving a new copy of the page.

Loading Images

• To cut down on the time it takes to load Web pages, you can turn off images. When images are turned off, only a Web page's text will appear in your window, and images will be replaced with a placeholder graphic.

  In Netscape, From the Options menu, highlight "Autoload images" to remove the checkmark (if there is no checkmark next to the option, Autoload images is already turned off).

  In Internet Explorer, Select View…Options…General. In the Multimedia category, make sure the "Show Pictures" option is unchecked

  You can still view individual images by clicking on their placeholders. To load all images on a page, click the "Images" button.