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Browsers are the software used to view the net, 90% of people use Microsofts Internet Explorer, yet Mozilla's Firefox is commonly regarded as beating it hands down & a free 'British' English version is available. It's worth a look (you don't have to get rid of your old browser) as amongst other things it allows free live updates to sites such as HereExpert!).
(the download is top right)
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There's plenty of add-ons to for Firefox, Mozilla foundation that develop Firefox call these extensions some examples are . Some of the most popular ones are spelling checkers (great for this site), phising, translators, gmail extension, passwords (save those precious passwords) etc.
You can also customize the look and feel on Firefox, Mozilla call these themes you can get these from
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Am missing A1 Roboform already.
Any good form filler, Password manageing programmes I can use in Firefox 1.0.6?
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Am missing A1 Roboform already.
Any good form filler, Password manageing programmes I can use in Firefox 1.0.6?
There is a for Firefox
There's also
(I haven't tried either)
The google and yahoo toolbars for Firefox have form fillers
Firefox has a built in password manager
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Am missing A1 Roboform already.
Any good form filler, Password manageing programmes I can use in Firefox 1.0.6?
No need to miss Roboform, just go to and download the file for mozilla/Firefox
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You can make any page you want appear in the sidebar.
I've set the Buddy List to open in the sidebar instead of an annoying pop-up.
That's all for now
Might make more screenshots later
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Am missing A1 Roboform already.
Any good form filler, Password manageing programmes I can use in Firefox 1.0.6?
Sure, get an Apple Mac!
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Stuff I found that greatly improves Firefoxes Speeeeeed
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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.
4. Find network.dns.disableIPv6
Double click to toggle it to true and then restart Firefox.
You should notice a speed increase, page to page.
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Stuff I found that greatly improves Firefoxes Speeeeeed
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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.
4. Find network.dns.disableIPv6
Double click to toggle it to true and then restart Firefox.
You should notice a speed increase, page to page.
does the same thing and you can toggle switch it back to default whenever you want
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How does Firefox compare with Netscape and Monzilla? I understand they are based on the same code.
I am presently using Netscape 7.2 and I am very pleased with it. I tried recently to upgrade to Netscape 8.0.2 and had problems with this version and had to go back to 7.2.
Has anyone else had problems with the new version?
Regards,
Art.
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How does Firefox compare with Netscape and Monzilla? I understand they are based on the same code.
I am presently using Netscape 7.2 and I am very pleased with it. I tried recently to upgrade to Netscape 8.0.2 and had problems with this version and had to go back to 7.2.
Has anyone else had problems with the new version?
Regards,
Art.
Netscape and Mozilla are big, bulky suites filled up with lots of options you might never use.
The idea behind Firefox is different. You get a basic browser (although it has a lot more features than IE when you get it) and you choose from the thousands of and that you can install in seconds.
(might post some screenshots of my fav features at work later if I have time)
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Netscape and Mozilla are big, bulky suites filled up with lots of options you might never use.
The idea behind Firefox is different. You get a basic browser (although it has a lot more features than IE when you get it) and you choose from the thousands of and that you can install in seconds.
(might post some screenshots of my fav features at work later if I have time)
Thanks for that info. Look forward to seeing some screenshots. Does Firefox have a mailserver? Netscape 7.2 has a good POP mailserver but I couldn't find one in version 8.
Regards,
Art.
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I used Firefox for a while and it's definitely better than Internet Explorer for features and security...
..however, I then discovered Avant Browser which I think is both faster and more feature packed than both, and it's also completely free.
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I used Firefox for a while and it's definitely better than Internet Explorer for features and security...
..however, I then discovered Avant Browser which I think is both faster and more feature packed than both, and it's also completely free.
Worth bearing in mind that one of the most important advantages of Firefox is improved security. Not only is it less buggy than IE, but because it's "open source" software, bugs are found and fixed much more quickly because anybody can contribute to the code.
That's not the case for Avant Browser, which to the best of my knowledge is based on IE components with a few added interface features. So it doesn't offer any security advantage over IE.
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does the same thing and you can toggle switch it back to default whenever you want
Get a life you guys and get an Apple Mac!
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"Stuff I found that greatly improves Firefoxes Speeeeeed
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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.
4. Find network.dns.disableIPv6
Double click to toggle it to true and then restart Firefox.
You should notice a speed increase, page to page."
Thanks for the advice. But does firefox really need speeding up that much? As a long time firefox user and web designer I find your advice both informative and troubling.
All well designed websites will load perfectly fine without these tweaks. Suggesting that someone sets their max requests to 30 is frankly irresponsible. All you are doing is putting an unnessary load on the hosting server at the expense of everyone else.
It's always great to get an insight into how a browser can be configured, but making more than two or three simultaenous requests to a server from one browser is the equivalent of spamming a mail server.
mozallazine.org, the firefox homepage, and sourceforge.net all contain a wealth of information and plugins (many tried and tested) for firefox, thunder bird and other open source projects.
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Hi, I use dial up ftb until broadband is a bit cheaper!! Is there anything that can be done to speed this up at no extra cost?
Even if not, is firefox generally faster or slower at browsing than IE please?
Stuff I found that greatly improves Firefoxes Speeeeeed
--
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.
4. Find network.dns.disableIPv6
Double click to toggle it to true and then restart Firefox.
You should notice a speed increase, page to page.
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Roboform doenst work with v1.06 I updated mine this morning with the last build of roboform and the extension but it says on top of firefox where toolbar is, that its unspported. So gone back to v1,05 for now
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I am a non techy person whose OH put firefox on my PC without me knowing!
It took me AGES to get use to it but now I would never change back to explorer. I find the 'tabs' are a lot easier to use and the bookmark 'bar' is great.
I would TOTALLY recommend this to everyone.... give it a try!
KiT
PS - OH is trying to convert me to Thunderbird instead of Outlook, I'm not so sure but may run it for a while to see what I think.
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Thanks for the link, downloaded some add ons that i needed
try as i might tho couldn't find the damn spelling checker