Performance Meter

The Performance Meter option helps you track the degree to which iPrimus iSpeed improves the performance of your Internet dial-up connection when accessing Web pages. The following window displays the performance meter and information:

• Average speed-up. iPrimus iSpeed keeps track of the average virtual speed-up you receive. In the above example, the average speed increase is computed to be 3.1 times faster using iPrimus iSpeed. The 3.1 value is obtained by dividing the effective Web access speed of 93.0 kbps by the average physical connection speed (in this case 30.2 kbps).
  
• Web page access speed. The effective Web page access speed is based on the compression of text and graphics. So, in this example, you would have an effective connection speed of approximately 93 kbps when using iPrimus iSpeed.
• Measured time and estimated savings. iPrimus iSpeed also tracks the amount of time with and without acceleration. It estimates (in hours and minutes) the time you saved between using acceleration and without acceleration.
• Blocking Ads and Pop-up Windows. During the days of use, iPrimus iSpeed counts the amount of blocked ads and pop-up windows.

The following table shows the Web content types that are sped up by iPrimus iSpeed:

Content Type(s)	Primary Use of Content Type
Text	Words that appear on standard Web pages, including browser-based email.
HTML, CSS, markup, and javascript	The computerized instructions that cause pages to be displayed with a particular look and functionality, such as tables and borders.
JPEG	A very common format for images. JPEGs appear on Web pages and browser-based email. Depending on the level of graphics acceleration chosen, the quality of the JPEG on a Web page sped up by iPrimus iSpeed will be affected.
GIF	GIF images are often used for Web page graphic elements such as buttons, as well as animated images. GIFs appear in banner ads and browser-based email as well. iPrimus iSpeed speeds up GIFs without impacting quality (lossless compression).
Flash	Flash images and animation are used in banner ads for other images.

Download Acceleration

iPrimus iSpeed now speeds up the downloading of MP3 files, executable programs, and other files downloaded from within your browser. Results depend on the quality of your connection. This feature works by checking for file mirror sites, segmenting files for parallel downloading if possible, and by retaining partially loaded file data across dropped connections.