Why do cookies, temporary internet files, and add-ons slow down the internet?”
Temp internet files typically speeds web browsing by saving data from frequently visited web pages on your hard drive for quick loading when you revisit pages. IE and Firefox allow you to set how much disk space you can allocate to temp files. If you set it too high, you’ll use too much disk space, and it will take longer for browser to find files, and increase fragmentation a little. Any kind of add on uses cpu capacity (and disk space), which takes away from the time your browser can focus on loading web pages. Typically, good addons require few resources, but usually they are performing some specific function that will take computing time, blocking ads, or identifying spyware, checking the latest weather or anything else. The more add ons you install, the more your cpu will be distracted by them. Buggy Add ons can conflict with each other, which can really slow the browser. IF you’re having trouble with your browser speed, try disabling any add ons (in the Tools menu in Firefox and
