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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    I like Opera. Opera is good. I haven't had any pop-ups using Opera. Ever.
  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Shoebox+Jan 17 2005, 03:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shoebox @ Jan 17 2005, 03:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> is firefox even really that much better? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You have no idea. Thanks to extentions, you can do just about <i>anything</i> with firefox. For instance, these are the extentions I'm using:
    All in One Gestures - Mouse gesture navigation support
    Adblock - block content from servers known to host ads
    Allow right click - defeats right-click prevention scripts in web sites
    Flashblock - Block flash animations until I tell them to play
    ForecastFox - Weather information in the status bar

    And I'm using relatively few. Take a look at <a href='https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?os=win&application=firefox' target='_blank'>The extentions page</a> to get an idea of the kind of stuff out there. And theres even more than that at other sites.

    Also, I love the built in searchbar. Not only do I have instant access to a google search from anywhere, I also have a dictionary search and a wikipedia search, and you can add almost any search engine you want in there.

    BTW, what pages don't work right with firefox? I haven't noticed any, but then again I don't use any site with activeX and such.
  • funbagsfunbags Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17099Members
    I loved IE, and I still do, but I haven't had any trouble (Except for firefox being a lot slower, but I blame this on it being extra careful (Thanks!) about sites)

    <333 firefox.
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Jan 17 2005, 12:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Jan 17 2005, 12:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like Opera. Opera is good. I haven't had any pop-ups using Opera. Ever. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You aren't using IE, so no complaints there.
  • SandstormSandstorm Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21205Members
    The tweak that seems to give me the biggest performance boost in Firefox:

    1. Open new tab and put "about:config" in address field
    2. Right-click anywhere on list and choose New -> Integer
    3. Put in "nglayout.initialpaint.delay"
    4. Put in value of "0"
    5. Close the tab

    This causes pages to redraw as fast as they can, which is especially useful when a majority of the page is already cached.
  • TheGuyTheGuy Join Date: 2003-08-09 Member: 19295Members, Constellation
    If you're worried about firefox starting up slow it's not really starting up slow. It's just that IE is part of the operating system so it's already loaded... Use this command line switch for starting firefox and see if it improves /Prefetch:1
  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    Thanks for those Sandstorm, TheGuy.
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-TheGuy+Jan 17 2005, 06:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TheGuy @ Jan 17 2005, 06:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you're worried about firefox starting up slow it's not really starting up slow. It's just that IE is part of the operating system so it's already loaded... Use this command line switch for starting firefox and see if it improves /Prefetch:1 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    How would you do that? Add /Prefetch:1 to the target line in the shortcut's properties?
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    edited January 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-DragonMech+Jan 17 2005, 08:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jan 17 2005, 08:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TheGuy+Jan 17 2005, 06:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TheGuy @ Jan 17 2005, 06:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you're worried about firefox starting up slow it's not really starting up slow. It's just that IE is part of the operating system so it's already loaded...  Use this command line switch for starting firefox and see if it improves /Prefetch:1 <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    How would you do that? Add /Prefetch:1 to the target line in the shortcut's properties? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm also curious as to how this would be done. Oh yeah, *bump*, in case people are wondering why I bothered making this post.
  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    edited January 2005
    There are <a href='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=alternate+web+browsers&btnG=Google+Search' target='_blank'>several solutions</a> to the infamous <a href='http://www.vynsane.com/IEsucks.html' target='_blank'>IE</a> problem.
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Jan 17 2005, 12:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Jan 17 2005, 12:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DragonMech+Jan 17 2005, 08:26 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jan 17 2005, 08:26 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TheGuy+Jan 17 2005, 06:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TheGuy @ Jan 17 2005, 06:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you're worried about firefox starting up slow it's not really starting up slow. It's just that IE is part of the operating system so it's already loaded...  Use this command line switch for starting firefox and see if it improves /Prefetch:1 <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    How would you do that? Add /Prefetch:1 to the target line in the shortcut's properties? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm also curious as to how this would be done. Oh yeah, *bump*, in case people are wondering why I bothered making this post. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah that's how you do it. (google FTW)
  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    I found this tip on some other forums, it might not work for small connections and crappy PCs but take a try.
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUOTE
    Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

    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 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 receives.

    If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Epidemic+Jan 17 2005, 11:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Epidemic @ Jan 17 2005, 11:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I found this tip on some other forums, it might not work for small connections and crappy PCs but take a try.
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->QUOTE
    Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

    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 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 receives.

    If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I have a high-speed connection, a good computer, and I tried that (I have seen it before), and I didn't notice any difference.
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/' target='_blank'><img src='http://www.blackmage.org/bm/firefox.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a>
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Doom's quote is a tad misleading though, as it states that MS did not comment on this (I think it was updated after the fact?). If you read the full article, you will see:

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Microsoft reacted strongly to the warnings, saying that the Bugtraq notice made false claims about Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2, and claiming that the download blocking feature in that version of the browser is working as designed.

    "Microsoft is disappointed that an independent security researcher has posted a false claim on several newsgroups alleging that the automatic blocking feature of Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2 (also referred to as the Information Bar) fails to function properly. These postings are inaccurate and misleading to customers," the company said in a statement.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->According to Microsoft, the issue described in the Bugtraq alert is not a security problem. In fact, Internet Explorer for Windows XP SP2 does display a security warning in the scenario described in the warning: a dialog box instead of the information bar.

    "And that is what it is supposed to do," said Kevin Kean, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center. "We have examined the proof of concept code that he (Ivgi) included and analyzed that. Internet Explorer does what we would expect it to do, it brings up the dialog box for the download, there is no vulnerability," Kean said.

    Internet Explorer users are advised to avoid links provided by unknown or untrusted sources in order to keep from being lured to a malicious Web site. They can also configure the browser to disable the execution of script code and active content, though doing so could have adverse effects on the way Internet Explorer functions, Symantec said. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    This is not to say that IE doesn't have security vulnerabilities (it most certainly does, and it's a big sore point internally here, to be honest). Just that this ain't one of 'em. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Yeah, that part wasn't in the article when I oirignally posted it. Or at least I didn't see it. You don't have to kill me to keep your job. ;D
  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    LOL.

    /me whispers into lapel:

    "We have someone dissing microsoft in sector 3476-J. Move in with the cattle prod ninja SWAT team NOW!"
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