Firefox Newbie!

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I just downloaded Mozilla's Firefox yesterday and I must say that my web experience has never been better.

For a simple example, my spelling is always checked while typing a response in TPF. The best addon I have seen so far is the CoolIris. Each time you rollover a link, a preview of the webpage will pop up ... VERY COOL!!!!



All this was brought on by the thread by darktiger.

Thanks darktiger!!!

If you have any suggested addons that you think are worth it, please share!!!

[bondarnes]

I've been using Firefox for a couple of years. They keep adding features and improving its performance. That's a good thing. And I also like the FREE part.

[JPalmer]

CoolIris is one of the greatest extentions for Firefox IMO.

The single thing I like about Internet Explorer more than firefox.... the way the tabbed browsing looks. That's it.

[Roadrnr]

Jason, I think there is an extension for firefox to make it look just like IE7. I thought I saw that the other day while looking at new add ons for firefox.

and yeah...I LOVE the CoolIris exention!

[Huck]

What took ya so long...LOL I love firefox.

[JPalmer]

Originally Posted by Roadrnr

Jason, I think there is an extension for firefox to make it look just like IE7. I thought I saw that the other day while looking at new add ons for firefox.

and yeah...I LOVE the CoolIris extention!

Found it....love it.

[Tim-in-TX]

I've been using Firefox for a couple of years now, and love it. And the number of extensions available is mind boggling! There is something for everyone.

[Buddha]

Here are some changes you can make to make Firefox run faster. This works with Netscape, too, since they have the same code. I made these changes years ago and they work.


PC Magazine Ziff Davis Media
The Independent Guide To Technology

Is Speed-Boosting Firefox Wrong?

When you live on the tech edge, especially in the online world, you take chances. Last column, for example, we discussed what happened when we accidentally violated Google's AdSense policy by asking users to click on our blog's ads. (Short answer: it made Google very, very angry and got a lot of our readers here up in arms as well.)

So…what if we told you that this week we found a way to boost browser performance in Firefox (and Mozilla) to a level you literally won't believe? The update takes two minutes, requires no add-ins or purchases, and blows your hair back when you surf even the most dog-slow Web sites.

The instructions are being posted as we speak on blogs all over the Internet. I saw them on ForeverGeek.com, but the exact text is posted on blog after blog, so my apologies to the original author. Here's the bottom line. To boost Firefox, simply do the following after launching your browser.

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar (no spaces) 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 at a time to a Web page. When you enable pipelining, the browser 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 tells the browser to 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 acting on received information.

Okay. That's all it takes. But now let's dig into the controversy that is foaming up discussion boards across the land. The term the hard core use for opening 30 server calls at one time is not pretty, but says it all: server raping. Taking up 30 simultaneous sessions is a major don't, since most servers bomb out at around 100. If four people using this tweak hit a page at the exact same time, they would crash everything, warned many a geek.

But not so, according to the other camp, who explain that pipelining is not about opening multiple sessions but simply changing how a single session pulls down information. The irony is that most developers gave up on pipelining after broadband became more widespread, and browsers today ship with this default set to "Off" or "False" to protect servers from throwing up bugs during a rapid pipeline burst.

[Tim-in-TX]

Thanks for the info Buddha! I tried the Firefox Speed-Boost and it worked like a charm!

[brad]

Yea, fasterfox is a must have plugin.. as is the enhanced tabbed browsing.

I've used Firefox ever since I had an online virus infect my IE5 install... I couldn't get rid of it (it kept taking me to search engine results first whenever I typed in websites I wanted to go to), so I installed Firefox... and have never had another problem like that.

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Originally Posted by Buddha

Here are some changes you can make to make Firefox run faster. This works with Netscape, too, since they have the same code. I made these changes years ago and they work.

Damn! That is blazing fast!!!

Thanks!

[LWimages]

Sweet... didn't even have to restart FF.
Thanks Buddha!

[Buddha]

You're welcome. Glad to help. : )

[LWimages]

Hey, based on the FXif output from my FF extension, I see the following on one of the picture I was looking at:

Camera Make: Minolta Co., Ltd.
Camera Model: DiMAGE Z1
Image Date: 2007:08:27 06:16:04
Flash Used: No (Auto)
Focal Length: 9.7mm (35mm equivalent: 63mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO equiv: 50
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

What caught my eyes was this:
Focal Length: 9.7mm (35mm equivalent: 63mm)

Is that correct on Minolta camera?