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Firefox 2.0 compatibility[edit]

Someone reverted the page to delete the part that said that there were issues with Firefox 2.0 and I think IE 5.5. Is this because there no longer is an issue with Firefox 2.0? Google's website says web accelerator is compatible with all versions of Firefox, but I'm not sure if this is accurate. Any ideas?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.196.65 (talk • contribs)

I'm going to assume that is why it was taken off. Google Labs came out with a compatible version (at least for Firefox 2.0) around November 4th. So it is no longer an issue. Sorry for the late response.--Joe Jklin (T C) 07:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It will be usefull for the people who all are using Firefox. It's still windows only.. Secretlondon 07:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A quirk about software needing your IP to grant access[edit]

I was having trouble getting on to some applications at my company. These applications were looking at my IP address and seeing the Google Web Accelerator IP instead of my real IP address. The software concluded that I was outside my company's domain and would not let me in. When I turned off Google Web Accelerator, everything was fine. But it took me quite a bit of time to figure it out. Hope this helps you avoid a similar situation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.79.29.78 (talk) 00:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Google web accelerator.JPG[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article reads like an advertisement[edit]

This article reads like an advertisement. It does not discuss any of the privacy or other implications of using the Web Accelerator software on your computer. Thankyou, Shane (talk) 20:50, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Would like to see a criticism section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.148.72.69 (talk) 01:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Might also add the complaints many webmasters have against it, in that it adds a lot of traffic to thier websites as it prefetches, and can skew the page hit counts etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rgb9000 (talk • contribs) 00:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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