I'm not sure I like Firefox

[Oeditpus Rex]

I get a lot of broken photo links at DU and I have to reboot two or three times a day because all of a sudden it'll just stop finding servers. :grr:

Oh, and photo threads take a lot longer to load.

There's a bajillion things wrong with AOL, but its built-in version of IE never pulled this crap.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Hey, I know this is from the nasty site

but use their bandwidth to your advantage!

This will help you tweak firefox so it loads stuff faster!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Hmmm...

Why do I get the feeling that if I do that stuff, my puter'll splode?

[KitchenWitch]

3. It won't

I have done it and it works.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Well, if I can't trust Kitchy

who can I trust? :loveya:

[KitchenWitch]

5. aww

:loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Okay, I'm stuck

How do you edit the strings? :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

11. Right click on the one you want to edit

and a context menu will pop down.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Yeah, I saw that

But there's no "edit string" function. Closest is "new string," and I was afraid that'd add a string, which isn't what I want. Which option do I use?

[KitchenWitch]

27. Try modify

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. I didn't see that one

The obvious choice. :crazy:

k... havin' another go.

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Aargh!

Okay, the menu I get has:

Copy name
Copy value
New >
Toggle
Reset

None of the choices under "New" seem viable, so I'm guessing it's "toggle" or "reset."



Gawd, I feel like an idjit. :banghead:

[KitchenWitch]

36. I am sorry

It has been so long since I tweaked mine...

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. WHOA!

I figured it out. It's "toggle" for the strings with true/false, yes/no values. If the values have variables, i.e. numbers, "modify" comes up.

And it's way faster!

Thanks, Kitchy. :hug: :loveya:



Still, my puter feels kinda creepy with data glommed from... that place. :puke:

I'll just type with gloves on.

[KitchenWitch]

38. Naw

Just feel like you used their evil power for good...and it will all feel right!

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. Oooo!

And if I can do that, I can take all that hate and ignorance and channel it into...

IMPEACHMENT!

And a lengthy prison term.

:woohoo: :party: :bounce:

[KitchenWitch]

40. Now you're talking!

:woohoo:

[Wapsie B]

19. I just did it and can see a real difference

in just how much faster pages load. This is cool. Thanks KW!

:)

[KitchenWitch]

21. Sure thing BWA!

:hi:

I love using freeper bandwidth for good purposes....

[Wapsie B]

25. Yeah that was cool.

:hi:

Whatever works I say.

[Todd B]

44. You can get the same tips from here:

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_rendering

That way you don't have to visit that digusting site :)

If you get Firefox, I'd recommend three extensions that will make your browsing experience more enjoyable. 1. NoScript, 2. Tab Mix Plus, and 3. AdBlock (with Filterset.G Updater. With these three (four) extensions, you can pretty much control cookies, ads, and other things that would otherwise be placed on your computer.

Bonus extensions include Greasemonkey and Google's Safe Browsing plug-in.

[Misunderestimator]

47. Ok, those are some really good tips. Here they are for anyone not wanting

to sully their hands in FR:

NOTE: This is only for BROADBAND connections:


1.Type "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 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 a number like 30 (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 receives.
-----------------------------------

Thanks KW for the link. This really speeds things up.

[Jamastiene]

6. I am a die hard Netscape user to this day.

I hate the new Netscape though. I can't find any skins to make it look like classic Netscape. I hate IE and Firefox. If you ask me, they are one in the same. I'm just comfortable using Netscape, I guess. It does the job and if there is a crash, it's only the browser and not the whole computer. No rebooting necessary after a crash. I am currently using version 7.2 and don't want anything else.

[KitchenWitch]

7. IE and Firefox are very different

Firefox is not as vulnerable to security issues as IE.

[Jamastiene]

10. True. I was just thinking about how they operate.

Like where you click to get this or that. I am just so used to Netscape that I don't want anything else. At school, they have IE on all the computers, but Firefox is on a couple of them. I tried it, but still prefer Netscape. Too bad they won't let you download it at school. The computers will let you download Firefox but ban Netscape. I don't know why. :shrug:

[Madrone]

46. Jamastiene -

Forget Netscape (I'm an old Netscape user from way back -always hated IE) - download and install MOZILLA. It's almost identical to Netscape 6-7.xx - but much better.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

I prefer Mozilla to the standalone Firefox browser.

[ghostsofgiants]

15. There's also tabbed browsing, standards compliance, proper PNG support...

It's REALLY fucking expandable, etc.

[KitchenWitch]

17. I have a question for you primate1

is there a way to set firefox up to automatically make a new tab when you click a link, versus having to set one up, or right clicking on the link?

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Get the TabMixPlus plugin

I don't remember the address for it now, but a quick Google search should find it.

[KitchenWitch]

23. Way cool!

Thanks.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. You're welcome.

:)

[Kellanved]

42. No need for an extension

You can set that up under Tools->Options->Tabs

[ghostsofgiants]

9. IE and Firefox one in the same?!?!

Remind me to never ask you for computer advice.

You might want to try Opera.

[Jamastiene]

12. They do seem to operate the same to me.

I still prefer Netscape. If it aint' broke, I don't fix it.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Suit yourself...

[Jamastiene]

16. Cool. n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

18. I should also point out that Netscape 7 and below are based on Mozilla...

And 8+ are/will be based on Firefox.

[Jamastiene]

31. I must like Mozilla better then.

I tried Netscape 8 and it sits unused on my computer right now. I didn't like it as much as earlier versions of Netscape. I do wish I could get a skin to make it look like God 3.0 but still operate using current standard like it does now.

[Kellanved]

43. There is no such thing as Netscape any more

The current Netscape is nothing but old versions of Firefox and IE rolled into one; the prior versions were just skinned and ad-ware ladden versions of the Mozilöla browsers. Certainly the worst you can do.

There is a Mozilla project doing new versions of the old Netscape suite tradition, it is called Seamonkey:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Having never experienced any of the stuff you're talking about...

I think you're crazy. I've been using Firefox since it was called Firebird (quite some time ago, early beta shit) and have loved it since then.

But if you really don't like Firefox, try Opera. Just don't go back to IE, for the love of everything good and holy.

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. I'm not ready to dump Firefox

Even with these flaws — which are apparently easy to fix, if I weren't such a Winblows moran — it's still leaps and bounds ahead of IE — which is, of course, the spawn of Satan's much-nastier cousin.

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Haha, as long as you recognize the evil that is IE

Firefox and Opera are both rad browsers. I'm a Firefox fan through and through though.

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. I believe everything Microshaft

is evil incarnate. The highest praise I can give them is "XP doesn't rip off babies' heads, shit in them and set them on fire," which is more than I can say for their earlier OSs.

[ghostsofgiants]

32. Hahaha, so true, so true

[Omphaloskepsis]

29. Are you using AOL for Dial-up service?

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. Nope

I have DSL and a separate ISP (SBC).

[realisticphish]

41. i liked firefox at first

but the newer mac versions have had enormous memory leaks, so now i use camino

[JCMach1]

45. Latest vers. doesn't seem as stable as the previous ones...

that is NG

[DS1]

48. It's got a massive memory leak, it's almost like a levy between

SIMMS was broken. I watched it climb up over a GIG of RAM on my machine once, luckily I have 2 :eyes:

I'm looking for a copy of IE7 beta at the moment.

I also don't like how the stop button is disabled when a page is fully loaded, I can't 'stop' stupid gif animations like flashing banner ads in firefox like I can in IE