How to cut data usage

Which browser/OS does this work for?

not apple

He stated the browser in the message...

PS: This is on a Firefox browser with Windows 8.1.

Apple has Pocket that you can use. Saves videos and web pages you can save for viewing later without Internet

ChopperBill wrote:
Apple has Pocket that you can use. Saves videos and web pages you can save for viewing later without Internet

That's good if you don't have time to read stuff while your online, you can save it to read later. However, that won't cut down your data usage which is the point of this thread.

Another technique using Firefox and Windows is to enter" about:addons " in the web address block at the top of any Firefox page. You will get a page that will allow you to select which add-ons you want to run automatically and which you will want to operate only when you allow it. There will be 5 choices on the left bar.
Get Addons
Extensions
Appearance
Plugins
Services
Extensions and Services will be the ones you need to go to. In Extensions you'll find things like Avast (antivirus), Dashlane (password Manager), AdBlock, or others in this category. On the right will be a series of blocks that allow you to activate, deactivate or sometimes delete these additions.

On the left bar clicking "Plugins" will get you to things like Acrobat for Firefox, Shockwave Flash, Google Earth Plugin, Java, and Google Update and others. There will be boxes on the right where you can select if these additions are to run unrestricted, or only when you let them, or never. This way when a video that uses Flash comes up in your browser it will not load until you allow it to by clicking in a pop up box to allow it.

You can play around on the Add-ons manager page and find a lot of other neat things to add or delete, but this section makes controlling what add-ons and other junk gets added to your machine.

It's also an easy way to check and see if your add-ons and extensions are up to date and to find new ones that may help your browsing experience. But most of all it'll tell you what you really have on your browser that you don't want and may be slowing you down a great deal.

And yet another way using the Firefox extension QuickJava. It allows you to toggle media or scripting on/off. One click disables it on all websites. Been using this for over 5 years.

Here's an example of selectively using the QuickJava extension:

Visiting Yahoo.com site typically requires 1,621K+ data usage, and goes up as more images are loaded by the carousel slider.

With "Images" toggled off, data drops to 1,264K.

Toggling off both "Images" and "Flash", data use now drops to 627K.

strollin wrote:

ChopperBill wrote:
Apple has Pocket that you can use. Saves videos and web pages you can save for viewing later without Internet

That's good if you don't have time to read stuff while your online, you can save it to read later. However, that won't cut down your data usage which is the point of this thread.

Taken from Pocket down load site

WORKS OFF LINE
"Access what you saved online""You can set up Pocket to only down load when on WiFi to reduce data usage"
Which is the point of this thread.

I think the point of the thread was using less data...on your mobile data plan, while web surfing
Not avoiding the use of your data plan