hint: turn off automaticaly load images. then your pages load fast. turn off javascript too unless you realy need it. then when you want to see an image, right click on the small outlined square, find the 'show image' choice in the menu and choose it. that image alone will load. only once in a long time will you need to actualy click the images icon at the top of page and load the whole page. I use netscape and this is how i have to surf the web because of my slow connection. i'm sure you can do simular stuff in ie