Hey,
I'm away from home and going through a period of dial-up access, which is -- need I remind you -- extremely slow!

Are there any settings somewhere that can help manage the situation? Konqueror now doesn't auto-load images and that is helpful. But is there anything else? Maybe limiting the number of simultaneous connections or something?

I'm looking for any ideas out there! Thanks

You might want to check this.

When I was on dial-up I did the following:

1. Disable images and then create a white list for the few sites where I wanted images.

2. Disable JavaScript and then create a white list for the few sites where I wanted JavaScript.

3. Disable Java. Period.

4. Add entries to the /etc/host for the most used sites. Using dnsmasq helps wonderfully because a second hosts file is supported as well as DNS name caching. I can populate this second hosts file with a ton of ad blocking URLs, which further reduces traffic.

5. For a while I used squid and ran my web browser through that proxy port. This might help if you have the disk space.

6. Use an alternate file downloader such as KGet rather than using the browser. If possible, schedule downloads for a later time when not surfing because the downloaders are bandwidth hogs.

7. If using Firefox, use NoScript to block Flash, iframes, etc.

If you are after information then disabling most of the fluff will help. If you are seeking a "web experience" then disabling these features will be frustrating, but so will running on dial-up.

If you want to be real hard-core, consider a text-based web browser such as Links or Lynx.

Woodsman - thanks for the response.

Since I've already blocked images (and I keep Java off not matter what) I don't think the suggestions are going to improve my online experience, except for setting up Squid, but I don't know if I want to go down that road yet. Text based browsing isn't going to be any faster than image-less Konqueror unless the website is serving up special pages for Links. I once tried making Konqueror identify itself as Lynx, but no website that I tend to use seemed to do anything special.

My web-browsing habits are such that I'm always opening new tabs but I find that if I try to open too many pages at a time none of them load... isn't there a way to save me from myself and queue things up instead of doing too much at a time?

Excerpt from www.toonel.net:
This is the solution I always use. It might suit you also.

Hi Hurry, I'll look into it, but I wish it were opensource!