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Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Low bandwidth? Try mobile version of popular websites on PC/laptop

Posted on 09:06 by Unknown
There may be times when you have to make do with a low bandwidth internet connection. Don't despair for that may be a good time to discover how fast & clutter-free the mobile version of popular sites are on your PC/laptop.

Here is a list of such mobile sites:

Popular:
  • YouTube
  • Wikipedia
  • Yahoo
  • Slideshare
Social media:
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Search Engines:
  • Bing  (~4.3KB)
  • WolframAlpha
Utility:
  • GMail (login page 1.3KB, Inbox 4.2KB)
  • Google Reader  (~8.3KB)
  • Google Mobilizer - converts websites to mobile-friendly format
  • IRCTC
Newspapers:
  • The New York Times
  • Economic Times
  • Times of India (city editions)
  • The Hindu Business Line
  • The Hindu
Magazines:

  • The Atlantic


Others:
  • ESPNcricinfo


(work in progress..)

Related:
HOW TO access web pages faster on a slow Internet connection
HOW TO extract subtitles from a YouTube video
Google Mobilizer Bookmarklet - view just text of web pages

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