Browsers forum: IE8 Accelerators

An Internet Explorer accelerator works by opening multiple connections for loading content from a single source, overcoming the limitations imposed by the browser and/or the website, provided they are more restrictive than your ISP's. They work for any website, regardless, unless blocked by the website. Thus, there's no such thing as one for Yahoo Mail or any other specific website--'one size fits all,' so to speak. And since Outlook is a separate application, an Internet Explorer accelerator is not applicable.

John

Accelerator means to increase speed, and, in Internet-speak, means to cache pages for faster display. You're using it like it's a program in itself. What am I missing?

A great loss, but it's free to download and enjoy.

An accelerator, in IE8, is an addon that allows YOU to perform certain tasks faster, mostly by extending the right-click menu.

Kees

Walt-

Hi, my name's cody, and I'm working with the Internet Explorer Outreach Team to help answer questions users might have about their copies of Internet Explorer 8.

When IE8 launched, Yahoo! released what they call a "Yahoo! optimized" version of the browser. It includes a pretty handy Web Slice that lets you access your Yahoo! Mail at all times, no matter where you are on the web. Here's a link: http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/03/would-you-like-a-slice-of-mail-with-your-internet-explorer-8/

I hope this is helpful, let me know how it works out for you!

Thanks,

Cody
Internet Explorer Outreach Team

When I right click on the accelerator arrow icon on a webpage, a drop down window appears listing accelerators, (or programs), that are available for me to use to perform actions such as: emailing something from that webpage, or viewing a map of a location mentioned on that webpage, or translating something on that webpage, etc. I did not choose or download the accelerators (programs) in this drop down list, they are there by default. If I want to use programs other than the ones listed by default, I can go to the IE8 website and download the accelerators for the programs I want to use. They will then appear in that drop down list. The accelerator for emailing using Windows Live is in the list by default; the accelerator for emailing using Yahoo Mail is not. Accelerators are available on the IE8 website for me to download for other email programs including AOL, Hotmail, and Gmail, but not for Yahoo mail. So my question is, and I believe this is also what Walt was asking, is there an accelerator available for download for Yahoo Mail or is there another way to add Yahoo Mail to that drop down list? I did check out that link you provided for the Yahoo! Optimized version of IE8, but I dont want all the extras that come with that download.
Thank you. Jeana

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