Using
the internet is fun and a very interesting way to work, but all good things
come at a price and the very limit to which we can use the internet is very
dependent on the amount of data that is available to us, this means that the
more data we have the more we can use the internet and the less data that we
have the limited period that is available to us to use the internet.
For
persons that don’t usually have access to unlimited data or Wi-Fi connectivity
there might be a great need to limit and conserve the amount of data that is
available to us, so in this way we will be more efficient in using the data
that is available to us.
When
using the internet there are some things that can be done consciously to reduce
the amount of data that is used online, it might be; reducing the time spent on
a page to closing some unnecessary things that can be found there on the page.
For some of the following tips in data saving there might be a need to do some
extra sacrifice in order to gain something bigger.
The
most volatile assert that is available to an internet user is internet data
because it is very expensive to get but very easy to finish, so in this way it
can take 1 week to get and take only 1hr to finish, so we can either control
how it works from using it slowly to using it all at once.
The
ways available in being able to conserve internet data when using the internet
has been born out through experience and has proven a worthy method in the long
run, but as I stated earlier it require an extra sacrifice in order for this
method to be worthwhile.
The
article will generally be divided into three parts:
[
] Saving Data On The Internet.
[
] Saving Data On Your Laptop/Pc OS (Windows).
[
] Saving Data On Your Smartphone.
SAVING DATA ON THE
INTERNET.
When
using the internet directly there are some little tips that can be employed so as
to make better use of the internet data that we have available to us, and also
to be more conservative. Some of these methods include:
Ads (Pop Up Adverts)
The
internet these days are filled with a lot of pop-up adverts, which can pop up
from anywhere and to anywhere, from opening up a new page in a new tab or a new
window, to requesting for pop up notification or requesting you to download an
app and so on, apart from the security risk that some of these ads present they
also use data for them to function and they can take as much data as they want
before you will even realized that they are there, so to prevent these from
happening you will have to be very vigilant and sensitive to these changes when
you are browsing. Some tips here that will help:
1.
Always watch out for tabs that automatically opens up on its own, check the
title; if it was not initiated by you or if you suspect it is an ad then close
it immediately to stop it from loading.
2.
When you click on a page that is embedded with the pop-up ad script watch out
were the ad will open up (a new tab or a new window) then close it immediately.
3.
Try to use ad blocker when browsing to prevent ads that runs in the background
from consuming your data.
4.
(This has to do with self-control) Try not to be too curious into clicking ads
that you see on some pages like “how to burn 100kg fat in 1hr” these most times
are just to draw your attention:
A.
They sometimes don’t usually contain what they say.
B.
The destination page might contain a lot of pictures and videos that will burn
your data out very fast.
C.
They might contain a lot of other ads that will further distract you.
D.
It might just be a phishing site.
Videos/Pictures.
Another
good internet data black hole are pictures and videos, on a site there is
nothing that uses up data more than these two on a site because they download
automatically and might just finish your data before you realised what you are
trying to browse at that page. So, to prevent these from finishing up your data
these are methods you might to employ.
1.
When you enter a page scroll around to see if there are any videos embedded
there, if there are pause it immediately, since videos only buffer to a certain
point and stop, so in this way you will save your self from watching the whole
video.
2.
It is better to download a video than streaming it (unless you have unlimited
data) so that in the event when you need to rewind, fast forward or watch it
again you won’t have to spend data to do that.
3.
For site with a lot of pictures. You can turn off images (if you don’t need the
pictures) and focus only on the text and links contained there if that is only
what you need there.
4.
You can reduce the zoom of the page or set it to mobile view to reduce the
resolutions of the pictures that are been loaded thus reducing the data that is
been used to do that.
5.
(YouTube users) Before you download a video from YouTube try to check the
middle and the end of the video even if just for 10secs at each stage, this is
to make sure that the video that you are about to download is the original one
and it is also complete, so that you won’t waste everything on the wrong video.
And if you about to watch or download a video that the sound is more important
than the graphics, then you can download the lower quality video, since you are
only interested in the audio part of the video.
General Surfing.
1.
If you need to get a simple answer about something; instead of going into a
website just check the question on google and see if you can find the answer
among the google tips that will be provided there.
2.
When you are searching pictures on google image don’t scroll down too fast so
as to avoid many pictures from loading, just check the ones that have been
loaded first before scrolling to check the others.
3.
When you go into some sites to download (like softonic) you will see many links
there that are saying “download here”; some of them are adverts links so try
your best to identify the original link so that you won’t waste your time
browsing back and forth the website.
Remember to check back next week for the complete article...
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