How to speed up Webmail

The standard webmail that is accessed from http://mail.google.com/a/usnetizen.com/ contains a generous amount of code that needs to be downloaded and run. This code adds great features like autocomplete when your type in the To: box. Unfortunately, this slows everything down, especially on an old computer.

Fortunately, some of the slow non-critical features can be disabled resulting in much a faster webmail experience. It is very easy to disable and re-enable, so we recommend that you try it and see if it suits you.

Use the Basic Interface

Log into webmail: http://mail.google.com/a/usnetizen.com/

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Basic HTML.

The page will reload and Show that your are now using Basic HTML mode.

Click on Set basic HTML as default view and the orange band will disappear.

Congratulations. You have improved the speed of webmail and eliminated the advertisements.

Undo the Change

The basic HTML mode removes some features that you may actually like. If you want to switch back to the regular webmail mode, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Standard.

The page will reload with the standard feature-rich albeit slow webmail restored.