Mozilla Firefox

[AandF6969]

Any benefits to this browser over IE? I'm using it right now and it seems a little faster although not much..

[Polska]

Its not about speed but security.... no active-x........ pretty much bulletproof as far as spyware goes.

[chicamahomico]

It's 100 times better. More secure and extremely customizable. You can get mods than do a myriad of things like kill page ads, block pop ups, etc.

[GREENMACHINE]

Its not about speed but security.... no active-x........ pretty much bulletproof as far as spyware goes.

Didn't think it was about speed. But it is def more secure than IE is it.

[Dude-Man]

It's wonderful. I suggest getting firebird, mozilla's answer to outlook.

[purplelaceteddy]

Firefox can be faster....it can load your pages 2-3 times faster heres how ya do it..

1. Type "about_:config" (drop the _ out of this line. For some reason the forum is adding the _ to about_:config?) into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This
means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Last, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

[CarbonCopy]

Firefox can be faster....it can load your pages 2-3 times faster heres how ya do it..

1. Type "about_:config" (drop the _ out of this line. For some reason the forum is adding the _ to about_:config?) into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This
means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Last, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

Cool! But, wouldn't the speed of web browsing be more dependent on your connection to the net?

[chicamahomico]

Yes, these instructions just optimize the browser which reduces the chance of it being the bottleneck. Good post teddy, long time no chat.....my favourite lil attention whore.

Cool! But, wouldn't the speed of web browsing be more dependent on your connection to the net?

[purplelaceteddy]

Good post teddy, long time no chat.....my favourite lil attention whore.

awww i've been missed? how sweet ...

[AandF6969]

Thanks for the tips, purplelace

[purplelaceteddy]

Thanks for the tips, purplelace

no problem..just passing on info ....thats what were all about...

[symatech]

firefox is fantastic. I'll never use IE again.