Today, Internet technologies are developing very rapidly. But, despite this, you can still find a lot of users who still have the problem of a slow Internet connection. As a result, pages load very slowly. The developers of the popular Opera browser have proposed a solution to this problem. In this article, we consider a technology that will increase the speed of loading Internet pages. This technology is called Opera Turbo. How to enable it, we will consider in this article.
History of development
The technology was first presented in February 2009 at the exhibition, and already in May, anyone who used the Opera browser could use it. Starting with the eleventh version, new technologies allow better compression of images with the jpg extension. Moreover, their quality has become much higher. It is interesting to note that in 2012, this technology began to be used in Yandex.Browser.
Turbo Opera mode. Highlights
Despite the fact that providers offer their users high speed Internet, in reality sometimes everything is not so rosy at all. In some cases, certain problems may arise on the line, which leads to a sharp drop in speed. Also, you do not always have to use the Internet at home. Outside the house you can use only Wi-Fi. It is split between many users or works with slow mobile internet. As a result, the download speed is rather weak.
This is where Opera Turbo technology comes to the rescue. How to enable Opera Turbo and the main princes of work will be discussed in more detail. Its essence is data compression. It was first implemented back in Opera 10. When using it, downloadable pages are not sent to your personal PC directly, but through the Opera Software server. As a result, data is compressed to eighty percent. This contributes to fast loading. In addition, traffic is also significantly saved, and this is very important if you have unlimited or mobile Internet. This service is completely free.
Benefits of this technology
Displaying sites occurs without distortion of html-markup. But it should be noted that not all elements are subject to compression. Animations, videos, flash, AJAX and JavaScript are not subject to compression. To ensure security, encryption protocols are not compressed. As a result, with a secure connection (when making banking operations or purchasing goods in various online stores), interaction occurs directly. As a result, sensitive information does not pass through the Opera server.
This technology can also be used as a replacement for the proxy server. In this case, the Opera server acts as a proxy server. In addition to data compression, you can also get anonymous access to various Internet resources.
This mode has another advantage. Using it, you can bypass the ban on certain countries to access certain Internet projects by ip-address. Turbo Opera mode in the browser is enabled in its settings. Let's consider in more detail how this mode can be used and how it can be turned on.
Turbo mode in Opera 19
To enter the settings, right-click on the Opera icon. We find the "Settings" item there, then go to the general settings. A window will open where we need to find a tab called "web pages". There, in the drop-down list, you must select the mode: automatic, disabled and enabled.
Let's consider them in more detail.
- Auto mode. If it is activated, then when the connection speed decreases, it is activated. If the speed is high, this mode must be disabled.
- "On" mode. Optimization of web pages occurs with a slow Internet connection.
- The mode is disabled. All pages are loaded in the usual way.
If you do not know which of the proposed modes to choose, you must select the automatic mode.
To know if this service works, you need to activate the option "notify me of the connection speed."
This mode has one drawback. When compression occurs, the quality of the images on the web page is very poor. In this case, if this image needs to be viewed in normal quality, the following steps must be performed. We click on it with the right mouse button and select "Download in original quality" from the menu that opens.
Faster way to enable
How to use Opera turbo mode more effectively? How to turn it on more quickly? To do this, you need to find an icon at the bottom of the browser on the left that resembles a car’s speedometer. We click on it and turn on the “configure turbo mode” mode. In the window that opens, you can configure automatic inclusion. You can also select the notification speed notification option.
Conclusion
So, we examined what Opera turbo mode is, how to enable it, what settings are available, and how they can be used. It should be noted once again that this mode is suitable primarily for those who have a slow Internet connection. If you use a different browser, then you do not have to refuse it, you can simply use Opera as an additional browser.