Just disabling Flash and the “accelerate page loading” made a big difference while browsing. You don’t have to change the browser into Mobile view, though we do recommend it. To do this, just open up the browser, hit the menu button at the bottom of the screen, hit the Settings button, and then find the following options: I’m sure it’s useful for some people on some networks, but in our testing it was slow. There’s no reason to access sites in the desktop interface when it’s a little 7” screen-you just end up trying to zoom on every single page load, so what’s the point? Finally, the optimization is hardly necessary when you’re on a fast home Wi-Fi connection, so we’re going to turn that off too. While we’re at it, we’re going to disable the page “accelerate” feature, and change the browser to mobile mode. Here’s what we’re going to do, and as usual, it’s a matter of disabling Flash. How to Make the Kindle Browser Actually Fast Oh yeah, and there’s that “Silk” optimization that hasn’t lived up to the hype. Because of this, the browser stutters, dies, chokes, skips, and is generally a pain to deal with. As part of this silliness, the browser is set to “Desktop” mode, and Flash is enabled by default. The browser, in the default settings, is essentially attempting to be a desktop browser on a little 7” screen that doesn’t exactly use your screen space very well.
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