Performance Meter

The Performance Meter option helps you track the degree to which Kimbanet Accelerator improves the performance of your Internet dial-up connection when accessing web pages or downloading email. If you leave the Performance Meter open while browsing, it updates in real time. The window displays the performance meter and associated information under two tabs: Acceleration and Data and Time Savings.

Acceleration Tab

• Connection speed without acceleration. Kimbanet Accelerator keeps track of the average virtual speed-up you receive. The average speed is obtained by dividing the effective web access speed by the average physical connection speed.
• Effective speed for accelerated content. The effective web page access speed is based on the compression of text and graphics per page.
• Acceleration History. Kimbanet Accelerator stores a history of acceleration factors for thirty days and maintains the history across sessions.
• Average Daily Peak: Kimbanet Accelerator displays an Average Daily Peak of performance acceleration factors, computed from the peak values on each day in the thirty-day history, including the current day and session.

Data and Time Savings Tab

• Savings for your most recent day of use: Kimbanet Accelerator shows the savings for Web Text, Graphics, and Email by showing the original data size in megabytes, the compressed size in megabytes, and a savings ratio.
• Blocked in-page ads: Displays the number of in-page ads blocked by Kimbanet Accelerator, if the client is using this feature.
• Pop-ups: Displays the number of pop-ups blocked by Kimbanet Accelerator, if the client is using this feature.
• Download time savings Kimbanet Accelerator Displays the actual download time with acceleration, the estimated download time without acceleration, and the estimated savings. Times are shown in hours, unless the actual accelerated download time is less than sixty minutes, in which case, all values are shown in minutes.

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Types of Content Accelerated

Kimbanet Accelerator accelerates the delivery of the following content types:

Content Type(s)	Primary Use of Content Type
Text	Words that appear on standard web pages, including browser-based email, and email that uses the POP3 protocol (Post Office Protocol 3), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), or the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).
HTML, CSS, markup, and JavaScript	The computerized instructions that cause pages to be displayed with a particular look and functionality, such as tables and borders.
JPEG	JPEG is a widely-used format for images that appear in web pages and in browser-based email. Depending on the level of graphics acceleration chosen, the quality of the JPEG on a web page accelerated by Kimbanet Accelerator is affected. JPEG images sent in email are accelerated using lossless compression, meaning that they retain their original quality.
GIF	GIF images are often used for web page graphic elements such as buttons, as well as animated images. GIFs appear in banner ads and browser-based email as well. Kimbanet Accelerator speeds up GIFs without impacting quality (lossless compression). At all acceleration rates higher than Low, Kimbanet Accelerator reduces the colors in GIF images to reduce the file size, without affecting visual quality. At an acceleration level of Medium or higher, animated GIFs are disabled.
Flash	Flash images and animation are used in banner ads for other images.