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Darknight
March 11th, 2008, 08:50
I dont get it, It dont seem to make anything faster?
Anyone else used it?
Its a firefox adon :tired2:
DNSstuff.com said I was using it when I wasnt... so I downloaded it to see what it was, But as far as I can tell it dont make anything faster. :confused4
Decker
March 11th, 2008, 11:34
Tried it - it has a 9 out of 10 yawn factor, does nowt that I could see.
Danaldinho
March 11th, 2008, 15:55
I just installed it like last week and I haven't noticed a difference either :confused:
Matt8
March 12th, 2008, 16:54
In theory yes, it should make pages faster, but I notice no difference.
Dynash
March 12th, 2008, 19:09
you can change the settings directly, i know a way to make it faster.


This is one way to speed up firefox:

Open Firefox and on the address bar write about:config and hit enter
find the string

network.http.pipelining
double click and change the value to true

find the string
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
double click and change the value to 34

find the string
browser.turbo.enabled
double click and change the value to true

right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".


now close and restart. oh, version 1.5.0.1 and newer dont have browser turbo
I take no credit for this, however it is not very known, and thought I'd share.
Darknight
March 13th, 2008, 21:43
So its decided then fasterfox is ghey?

Dynash IDK, it should allready have the best settings for speed IMO, thats the reason ppl will install it :p
mshiva
March 14th, 2008, 02:01
I too dont find any difference.
Thats why I use Opera.
Decker
March 14th, 2008, 03:13
It's gheeeyyyy!

And CnR is correct - what's the point if it isn't already optimised?
Tree
March 14th, 2008, 04:08
It also uses a technology called prefetching (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_prefetching) which kills people's bandwidth. I've been to sites that block prefetching browsers.
calmman
March 14th, 2008, 14:29
In theory yes, it should make pages faster, but I notice no difference.
hamad420
March 15th, 2008, 00:12
Prefetching ,I use too.
But i mostly use safari ,I think it is faster then firefox
Dark Matter
March 19th, 2008, 10:43
just get a faster internet connection..... simple as that
Dynash
March 19th, 2008, 13:10
So its decided then fasterfox is ghey?

Dynash IDK, it should allready have the best settings for speed IMO, thats the reason ppl will install it :p

you would think that, but apprently it isn't.
i use opera, it's better than Firefox.
as i always say, people only use Firefox for it's GUI.
Dark Matter
March 19th, 2008, 14:19
you would think that, but apprently it isn't.
i use opera, it's better than Firefox.
as i always say, people only use Firefox for it's GUI.

I think just alot of people just firefox becuase they think its the next better thing to internet explorer! i did 350 surveys and one of the questions was "what browser do you use?" Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Or other.

out of the whole 350 no one went for opera... most was internet explorer and firefox, with the odd AOL crap lol
Darknight
March 19th, 2008, 14:59
you would think that, but apprently it isn't.
i use opera, it's better than Firefox.
as i always say, people only use Firefox for it's GUI.

I use opera too mostly ;)
opera has its issues too, Lots of websites are not opera friendly...
Cause not as many people use it.
Dynash
March 19th, 2008, 21:25
i don't know why i got a negative rep on my post but ok..


opera has its issues too, Lots of websites are not opera friendly...

that i agree on, but it's not as bad as IE7 ;)
if you look at the widget "Stay secure" in Opera, it will show you that Opera has 0 vulnerabilities according to Secunia.


IE: 32% (7 of 22 Secunia advisories).
Firefox: 19% (4 of 21 Secunia advisories)
Opera: 0% (0 of 12 Secunia advisories)
Safari: 43% (3 of 7 Secunia advisories)
Konqueror: 14% (2 of 14 Secunia advisories)