Why is Silk so slow? The default setting of the Kindle Fire browser is set to ‘desktop’ mode.
There aren't that many Internet browsers. It was interesting to come across one that isn't as well-known or as well-advertised as the others: SlimBrowser. Amazon Silk is a web browser developed by Amazon. It was launched in November 2011 for Kindle Fire and Fire Phone, and a Fire TV version was launched in November.
This creates two problems. Flash is automatically enabled on this setting and Flash chokes the Silk browser and slows it down. The second problem is running a desktop browser on a 7 inch screen. It’s just not efficient and it slows down the browser. How to Speed up the Silk Browser Open your browser, hit the menu button at the bottom of your screen, then hit Settings.
You will see the options you need to speed up Silk. Do the following: 1. Enable plug-ins: Turn to off (This turns off Flash, which will make a huge difference to browser speed. Youtube will still work fine without the Flash plugin enabled. Be warned that If you change the plug-ins to allow them on demand, you will get a lot of annoying prompts).
Accelerate page loading: Uncheck this. (You don’t need to optimize page loading if you’re on a fast wifi connection at home.) 3. Desktop or Mobile view: Switch to Mobile.
(Once you switch to the mobile view, you will end up seeing the mobile version of most sites, but this isn’t a bad thing because these sites are better optimized for a 7 inch screen size. Now you won’t have to zoom in on every page load.) Now go enjoy your fast Silk browser.
With a goal to become the for Windows, SlimBrowser is designed to have superior speed and a large set of powerful features to maximize your online productivity. It starts up quickly and opens web pages right in front of you with minimum delay.
It also lets you browse the Internet safely by guarding your personal information and protecting your privacy. SlimBrowser offers various functions and options so that you can go where you want and get whatever you want over the web in the fastest way with the least amount of unnecessary distractions.
SlimBrowser is based on the trident rendering engine and has a super compact setup package of only 3MB. SlimBrowser is compatible with Windows XP / Vista / Win7 / Win8. Download SlimBrowser now and see for yourself what makes it the.