TALENTBOX.com > ARTICLES > AOL IMAGE COMPRESSION

GET  SHARPER  IMAGES  ON  AOL

AOL browsers are set by default to use IMAGE COMPRESSION for viewing photographs and graphics.  Although this helps display pages quicker, it also drastically reduces and distorts the quality of images (grainy, blurry and cartoony pictures).

Turn OFF this feature following these very easy steps:
AOL 4.0 and up   AOL older versions

1. Click on "MY AOL" icon  

TalentBox.com is not compatible with older versions of AOL.  Please, update your browser to AOL 4.0 or higher in order for our website to display correctly.

    AOL 6.0 & 7.0 users click on "SETTINGS"  

2. Select and click on "Preferences"
3. Go to "WWW" icon  (INTERNET PROPERTIES)
4. In "AOL Internet Properties" select "WEB GRAPHICS"
5. Uncheck "USE COMPRESSED GRAPHICS" box
    AOL 6.0 & 7.0 select "Never Compress Graphics" 
6. Click the "OK" button to close the window
SEE THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT AWAY !

Pages and images that you view on the Internet are temporarily stored on your computer in a special folder.  In order to right away see improvement in the quality of pictures that you have already recently viewed , you must first delete those pages from the computer's memory.  Here's how to do it:

AOL 4.0 and up

1. Click on "MY AOL" icon    -   AOL 6.0 and up users click on "SETTINGS"  

2. Select and click on "Preferences"

3. Go to "WWW" icon

4. In "AOL Internet Properties" select "GENERAL"

5. Under "Temporary Internet Files" click on "DELETE FILES"
6. Wait !  Deleting may take a few seconds...
7. Click the "OK" button to close the window

back to top