How to Save Bandwidth Using Bandwidth Hero

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Hi friends, this time I will share how to save Bandwidth for PC users who use chrome or firefox, Bandwidth Hero is an open-source browser extension that reduces the amount of data consumed when you browse web pages by compressing all the images on the page. It uses a data compression service to convert the image to a low-resolution WebP or JPEG image.

Scenario:

  1. When active, Bandwidth Hero prevents all image loading requests
  2. Then Bandwidth Hero sends each image URL to a data compression service
  3. Compression service download original image
  4. Once the image is downloaded, it is then converted to a low-resolution WebP/JPEG image.
  5. The compression service returns the processed image to the browser for download, for example, the original 100 KB image will later become 65-70KB, if there are 10 images on 1 page, it means you have saved 300KB

The tutorial for this is below:

How to Save Bandwidth Using Bandwidth Hero

  1. Download the Bandwidth Hero extension first
  2. Open Compression settings, select Configure data compression service. How to Save Bandwidth Using Bandwidth Hero
  3. The display will be like this, in the Data Compression Service section there is a URL that we must fill in. we will fill it with a URL from Heroku.How to Save Bandwidth Using Bandwidth Hero
  4. Create a Heroku account first, then click deploy to Heroku, fill in app name, username, and password (save the user and password for later login when using the app service), then install.How to Save Bandwidth Using Bandwidth Hero
  5. When finished, the app URL will appear, for example like this. https://app-name-you.herokuapp.com/ _ _
  6. Enter the URL to the extension (see step 3), restart your chrome or firefox browser
  7. After opening the browser, you are asked for a user and password, fill in the user and password for the app that you created earlier.
  8. Done, happy browsing

Notes:

This application/extension only saves images about 30-35%, if you open a video, for example, open YouTube, it won’t have any effect because the compressed image is not a video.

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