Google’s Web Accelator fails to impress
As soon as Google introduced Web Accelerator (http://webaccelerator.google.com), I immediately liked the idea and jumped on it with my expectations high.
I installed the product and started browsing and after 30 minutes I saw how much time did it help me save. It said 0.4 seconds. I was disappointed.
Considering 16MB of my memory usage and its startup time it’ll will probably take more time to start my machine than it is saving.
I also have another worry. It is privacy. I feel that someone is looking over my shoulder while I browse. Because I am always logged on to Gmail, Google already knows what I am searching for using Google Search History. With Orkut, Google already knows the community. With Web Accelerator they know what sites I visit. With all of these, privacy is something that I am starting to worry about.
May be I got my expectations high on each service Google releases because they always raise the bar.
Raju