OT: Firefox

[Alneyan]

I was using Mozilla since Version 0.9 (if memory serves), so I switched to Firebird/Firebox and Thunderbird almost as soon as they were available.

And no, Fyron isn't involved in neither, but merely the amount of viruses I received through Outlook (formatting is fun and all, but...)

IE serves one single purpose: to take care of some sites which will not run for no apparent reason (read, because I didn't set up my browser correctly).

[Makinus]

I started using Firefox when i saw this thread, and now i´m using it nearly exclusively (i loved the middle button function), but i still keep IE for some sites that don´t work right in Firefox...

BTW: where i can send the URLs of the sites that don´t work right so the next Version of Firefox can make them work?

[Thermodyne]

Well if you like it now, try these code mods.

First, type "aboutfig" in the address bar. Then adjust or add these settings.

1.) network.http.pipelining (set to true)
2.) network.http.pipelining.firstrequest (set to true)
3.) network.http.pipelining.maxrequests (set to a high number like 20)
4.) network.http.proxy.pipelining (set to true)
5.) nglayout.ititialpaint.delay (set to number 0)

Any keys/strings that do not exist should be added.

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Roanon:

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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
I have not had any java issues, but one of our sites uses popups and they don't pop. Another uses a downloaded controll that I can't duplicate for Firefox.

The popup is possibly blocked by spam control. You should get an icon in the lower right of the Firefox window indicating the blocking of a popup, clicking it and you can enable popups for the current site only. Very nice feature.
The download control might be a non-standard HTML, used only by IE. Bad web design to use it; nothing that can be done about it.

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It uses a couple of dl’d controls and checks a secondary certificate before sending the popup. I haven’t looked at it hard enough to tell where it hangs. We have to make some arcane setting in IE to get it to function, so it could be the same with Firefox.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Well if you like it now, try these code mods.
1.) network.http.pipelining (set to true)
2.) network.http.pipelining.firstrequest (set to true)
3.) network.http.pipelining.maxrequests (set to a high number like 20)
4.) network.http.proxy.pipelining (set to true)
5.) nglayout.ititialpaint.delay (set to number 0)

Any keys/strings that do not exist should be added.

I went ahead and changed these on mine to see if there is a difference but what exactly do they do?

[Thermodyne]

It lets the browser load/fill pages faster. If you are on dial up, you won't see much. But if you have DSL or a big cable pipe, it'll make a big change.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
It lets the browser load/fill pages faster. If you are on dial up, you won't see much. But if you have DSL or a big cable pipe, it'll make a big change.

Oh ok, we have 1.5mbs down and 768kbs up here at work so I should notice a difference. I will start browsing now to see if anything can be noticed.