| Author | Message | ||
     Glitch  |
If you're on high speed try this out... How To Speed Up Firefox 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. I like tweekin'! Enjoy! | ||
| Pcmodeler  |
Cool. I've been using Firefox for about 2 or 3 weeks now. I love it. The Adblock plugin is a must have. | ||
| M1combat  |
Testing now... Thanks. | ||
| Rockbiter1 |
I'm using Firefx too, cool proggie..and thanks for the tip! | ||
| M1combat |
Seems to work. | ||
| Tucsonxb9s  |
WOW! Thanks for the tip. | ||
| Ezblast  |
Definately faster - worth using now - thanx! GT - JBOTDS!  | ||
| Ray_maines  |
I've tried Mozilla Foxfire but I'm back to using MS IE. One of the things I didn't like about Foxfire is that after I made the text of a web page larger, I couldn't make it stay that size. The next time I opened the browser the text would be back to the smaller default size. There was some other issue about opening links in new windows but I don't entirely remember what that was about. And I never did figure out what's all the fuss about Tabs. It seems to me that the little boxes on the very bottom of my screen work just as well as Tabs. | ||
| Tripper  |
The tabs won't require resources, and that kills my old machine. The problem I had with Firefox was that the PC just flat stalls for 30-40 seconds and it seemed that it was only when i had Firefox open. I am retesting with Glitch's changes. So far it is poppin fast. | ||
| Wyckedflesh  |
What I love about tabs...I often catalog shop or do searches for links while having a BBS page open. With tabs, I can keep the pages associated with each search or catalog tied with the specific window. So if I have a window with Badweb open and am trying to find a link I used to have, I can open Google in another window, run the search then hit each possible link in a new tab without getting it confused with my Badweb window. Not sure if my explaination works but lastnight I had 5 windows open and each window had atleast 5 tabs for 5 different subjects yet each was nicely organized. | ||
| Kinger  |
Is there a way to set Firefox so that it always opens links in a new tab? | ||
| Pa_xb9sx  |
Kinger - An option to open links in a new tab is to hold <Ctrl> when clicking on the link. | ||
| Kinger |
Thanks | ||
| Reepicheep  |
Tripper, in my experience, there is only ONE application that will kill an XP box dead in its tracks like you describe, and that is microsoft outlook. | ||
| Ray_maines |
Wyckedflesh: Oh my God! I can't imagine opening 25 windows at once. I'm not sure I've opened 25 different windows in the last month, let alone all at once. Still, I get along pretty well with MS IE (and Outlook Express too). I don't get virus' and the computer doesn't randomly lock up. | ||
| M2me  |
Glitch, thanks for the info! | ||
| Court |
>>>that is microsoft outlook This interests me. | ||
| Ingemar  |
Thanks! Works for me but not for dad. Seems to have a greater effect on a higher bandwidth line. My dad's line is already slow. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I think Microsoft is cheating (as they normally do) and have wired the Microsoft Outlook application deep into the operating system, maybe all the way down to the TCP/IP stack. They likely violated their own rules for the Application Program Interface libraries (API). XP seems to handle loads well and degrade smoothly on most modern hardware (including a old P2 333 thinkpad laptop I still love to use) for nearly all common applications besides outlook. On my modern work laptop, a 1GHz+ Centrino, the system flies until outlook decides it needs to do something, then everything but the mouse freezes until Outlook decides it is done. Happens maybe 5 times a day, and seems to be related to send/receive, but I am not interested in making a career trying to debug a closed source application. Other applications can trash themselves, but Outlook is the only one I have seen that can bleed over and lock up other programs. | ||
| SouthernMarine  |
You ain't kiddin Reep, and Outlook will do that on almost any operating system. Hell, don't know how many times I've seen Outlook lock machines after it has lost a connection with the network. | ||
| Ingemar |
Outlook sucks. | ||
| Court |
I'm learning I don't much care for Outlook. What are alternatives? I use Outlook to synch my Palm Vx, maintain addresses, e-mail and calendar. I am not married to it. In terms a "construction worker" can handle please.  Court | ||
| Reepicheep |
If it is just for you, and does not have to sync with some sort of corporate network, the palm desktop application is not bad. Personally, I now use a Tmobile Sidekick Color (you should get the Sidekick II), which I think would serve your lifestyle very well. You would then get a web interface for that kind of data (that you will never use) and of course the PDA. Data is always synced automatically and silently. (Message edited by reepicheep on January 02, 2005) | ||
| Court |
So I'd use th Palm desktop that comes with the Palm Vx and a T-Mobile Sidekick? Sounds like it may solve my Blackberry woes. I'd prefer to get my phone calls and e-mail on seperate devices. | ||
| Ingemar |
Court, As a client app, I used to use Thunderbird instead of Outlook (from the Mozilla guys that bring you Firefox). As of now, I use a web browser to access webmail on Horde and Gmail. The messages remain on the server and I only download attachments as I need them. This method does require an ISP that allows a fair amount of storage on your email account (like gmail does. 20 mb is not enough, and is what most ISP's offer because they expect you to download your messages to your computer. Both Horde and gmail offer fairly good ways of maintaining an address book, and with Horde you can quite easily create folders to move and organize your messsages. Horde also contains a calender. Note that Horde is an interface to your mail on the server and is something your ISP offers as a service. They can use any front end for webmail, Horde is just one of them and has my personal preference. It is not something you install on your computer, very similar to gmail. You can then set up your PDA to download new messages from the server, but leave them on the server. This way you can always access your read, unread and archived messages on the server, and on the PDA. I dropped you a mail  Hope that helps ya get rid of Outlook! Ingemar. | ||
| Court |
>>>You can then set up your PDA to download new messages from the server, but leave them on the server. This way you can always access your read, unread and archived messages on the server, and on the PDA. This must be a goal for 1st qtr of 2005. I have two major "non-vocational & two-wheel projectgs" underway and I, as a non-techno geek, haven't the time to spend an hour a day unscrewing MS prodcuts. I've got Josn enlited to help with part and I am fully aware that Mac is not the answer. Plus I am unwilling to listen to Henrik chant "I told you so" for the next year. Questions: 1) Can I preserve my Outlook stuff (I use it as a filing and reminder sort of tool, and use it somehow? 2) Will my Palm Vx or Toshiba e740 work? Frankly, I prefer the ease of the Palm Vx. I need you guys help getting me unscrewed here...there is MUCH to do this year. Court | ||
| Ingemar |
1) Can I preserve my Outlook stuff (I use it as a filing and reminder sort of tool, and use it somehow? I think you need Outlook for those PDA's to sync email with, or can the Palm/Toshiba connect directly to the internet to download email and leave them on the server? Maybe someone else with PDA experience can chime in here? You can always leave Outlook on the computer to consult previous messages sent and received. Configure it to leave the messages on the server. I only open Outlook for older messages I have archived, I then read new messages using webmail. 2) Will my Palm Vx or Toshiba e740 work? Frankly, I prefer the ease of the Palm Vx. Yes. Either configure Outlook on your computer to leave the messages on the server and sync the palmtops with the PC, or (if they can) have your Palm/Toshiba download messages direcly from the internet. This way you always have all messages on the PC, the Palm, the Toshiba PDA and on the mailserver for access using a webbrowser. Disclaimer: I am not familiar with Palm devices, but I'm pretty sure they can work the way I descibed above. | ||
| Reepicheep |
If the outlook data is on the palm now (which I am sure it is), then you are golden, just install the Palm Desktop application (go to www.palm.com and download the newest one, it is much nicer then the older version that came with your Palm Vx). Once it is installed, just sync your palm, and like magic your data has all been ported. You may have to fuss a little uninstalling the "conduits" that currently tell the palm to talk to outlook. More likely, installation of the newer palm desktop application will reset them and things will just work. The TMobile Sidekick II would be a replacement for the palm pilot. It is a cell phone with a simple web browser, built in camera, speaker phone, scheduler, email client, address book, note pad, AOL instant messenger client, and lots of other goodies. It costs about $10 per month over a normal cell phone plan, but gives you *unlimited* data minutes. You can email pictures directly from the phone, and data is constantly and silently synced back to a T-Mobile server that you can get at from any web browser. There are free "blogging" sites for SideKick users as well where you can post real time pictures and posts. I have some glue portal sites built up that let you use badweb through the sidekick as well. I have a gmail portal as well, so you can do most of your gmail work anywhere any time. It's not perfect, but it's not bad. Basically, it is like a blackberry but designed with consumer interests in mind, where the blackberry was designed around the interests of your employer. More info at www.danger.com. The hardware can have a high mortality rate, but not so bad that I would not use the device, comparable to the older palms. I don't know how good the digital TMobile coverage is there in NYC, but it is probably decent. The camera quality on the sidekick II is MUCH better then previous sidekicks. You won't mistake it for your Nikon, but it does decent snapshots. The Palm VX is simple and painless. The Sidekick does more, probably simpler (no syncing). | ||
| Court |
Duh... I just downloaded the Palm Desktop. I should have known that the folks who brought me the most reliable piece of electro-gadgetry in the arsenel would have gotten their act together. About 4.5X better than Outlook. My goal is to be MS Software free, sans Office, by the end of the month. I can't take the constant crashes and subsequent reboots/patches/fixes. Thanks, Court | ||
| Bigdaddy  |
Court, A Micro$oft free environment is a good environment. One of my all time favorite email signatures: "Think about tomorrow.. only losers ask where do you want to go today." http://www.openoffice.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/ http://distrowatch.com/ If I can assist you in freeing yourself from the darkside please let me know. Greg (Message edited by bigdaddy on January 03, 2005) | ||
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| Davegess |
I have done the Firefox rweaks and it is faster. BUT I have run into some sites that never seem to load proberly. I will have to do some testing to see if it was just a one time speed of connection thing or what. The fast majority of sites a very fast. | ||
| Steve_mackay  |
Court, seriously you should try openoffice. It's rally a good alternative to MS Office. And absolutely free to boot. | ||
| Kevyn  |
Thanks Glitch, works just great even running at 11Mbps on the office wireless! | ||
| Downundabueller  |
Thanks Glitch, you are my hero , has improved Mozilla out of sight. I thought it was quick before, now its lightning fast. | ||
| M1combat |
"My goal is to be MS Software free, sans Office, by the end of the month. I can't take the constant crashes and subsequent reboots/patches/fixes. " Don't even hang on to Office... OpenOffice is file compatible. I've used it to open complex word/excel docs and they always come out great (So far). If for some reason you need to connect to an exchange server... Ximian w/ the "ximian connector" for exchange works quite nicely. I still hang on to the redhat distro of Linux. It's just as user friendly but doesn't look like a cartoon. I tried Mandrake the other day... WTF? A BIG BLUE STAR W/ little trailing stars for a splash screen? Maybe I'm just too retro-sexual for that sort of thing. Computers are supposed to look professional if you ask me. Anyway... Sorry for the rant. It's just that Linux is like Buell. | ||
| Glitch |
All, you're very welcome. Micro$oft is the bane of my existence  Davegess, some pages will always look funky with FireFox, as long as people still use tools like FrontPage for creating web sites. One reason FireFox is so good is that it ignores some instruction sets, it's also why some pages look funky. For instance, some of the moderation of this site can't be done with FireFox, I still have to use IE while doing some things here. And yes Linux Rules! I use Knoppix here at work sometimes just for kicks. It's also great to use if you're not sure if you want to switch to Linux or not. The whole operating system, programs, and everything is one one CD. You just boot from the CD and there you go, no installation at all. Once you're finished, just turn off the puter, take out the CD and boot back up and you're back to windoze! KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it. |
