Guest NickInTheNorth Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 get it here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ and it's grrrrrrrreat! But just to make it even faster than IE (which it is already) try the following tweaks: 1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. 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. Lastly 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. enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Goddard 3 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 get it here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ and it's grrrrrrrreat! But just to make it even faster than IE (which it is already) try the following tweaks: 1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. 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. Lastly 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. enjoy! Thanks Nick! not ONLY am I getting an even better browser BUT I have also got back my ENGLISH dictionary I have had to do without for so long!! P.S. How's Jill? Well by now I hope. Chris GoddardIt is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.If GOD had NOT meant us to go fishing, WHY did he give us arms then?? (If you can't help out someone in need then don't bother my old Dad always said! My grandma put it a LITTLE more, well different! It's like peeing yourself in a black pair of pants she said! It gives you a LOVELY warm feeling but no-one really notices!)) Link to post Share on other sites
peter mccue 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Chaps, this is going to sound really bad, but I have entered "about:config" in every sodding dialog box I can find to no avail Where is the address/location bar you're talking about!.....I know I know what a plonker. Peter. The loose lines gone..STRIKE. Link to post Share on other sites
jeepster 1 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 the main bar where you type urls.......... by the way, don't use the quote marks! Link to post Share on other sites
peter mccue 0 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 the main bar where you type urls.......... by the way, don't use the quote marks! Cheers Jeeps, it was the quotation marks that was causing the problem. I've left them out & am now flying round the web at a rate of knots feeling like a whizz kid again Blimey its a good job you lot are here, or else god knows what I'd muck up Nice one Nick Peter. The loose lines gone..STRIKE. Link to post Share on other sites
jeepster 1 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I'm surfing so fast I'm getting out of breath Link to post Share on other sites
peterpikefisher 12 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 hi good browser except a i cant get my download manager to work with it i am using download accelerator plus. any ideas 15/06/12 PB Perch 3 lb 10 oz 03/03/11 Common Carp 23lb 6 oz 05/06/12 Sturgeon 7 lb 13 oz 06/06/12 Mirror Carp 21 lb 2 oz 09/03/13 PB PIKE 27 lb 9 oz Link to post Share on other sites
wanzelbin 0 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Excellent stuff. I've finally come over to Firefox properly as I really don't like IE7. As the default in firefox is to make single requests, is there any downside to this amendment? Thanks David Link to post Share on other sites
Si... 18 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 hi good browser except a i cant get my download manager to work with it i am using download accelerator plus. any ideas You do realise that DAP contains spyware in both the free and paid versions. Flashget is miles better and no spyware Link to post Share on other sites
Lid 4 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Well I upgraded from Firefox 1.5 to 2.0 and have had a couple of annoying problems, so I am back on IE for now. 1) Where is the fabled new spell checker in v 2.0? I couldn't find it anywhere. It doesn't even seem to appear in the help. 2) When I click on links, in Anglers Net for example, they no longer automatically open a new page. They do in IE and in Firefox 1.5. So can anyone help please with these two issues I have encountered so far? Link to post Share on other sites
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