Speed tip for Firefox users

[MajorPanic]

I found this on the Firefox Tips & Tricks page (http://www.mozilla.org/support/firef...#oth_rendering) and it works VERY well, pages are rendered super quick.

Speed up page rendering

By default, Firefox doesn't try to render a web page for 250 milliseconds while it's waiting for data. If you add the code below to your user.js file, Firefox immediately starts to display the page, even without complete data. The drawback, especially on slower machines, is that the total time to display the page will be longer.



// Last value in milliseconds (default is 250)
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

[Gumby]

I deleted Firefox after I was told it had some security issues. Not sure if it's true but I'm not taking any chances. Iwent to Avant instead (thanks DPB)

[MajorPanic]

I deleted Firefox after I was told it had some security issues. Not sure if it's true but I'm not taking any chances. Iwent to Avant instead (thanks DPB)

Hi ya Gumby,

If you can come up with some evidence that Firefox has some security issues it'd be appreciated.
From my research Firefox is much more secure than IE & MUCH FASTER!!
If you are not running a firewall program then you are just asking for trouble.

[Gumby]

I haven't got anything but DPB might see this thread and help out. He told me it had some issues and i do a lot of internet banking and bill paying. I use McAfee as a virus checker, firewall and it's very crappy privacy protection which I shut down when I couldn't send emails when it was running.

I think most programs have 'holes' and the cretins eventually get around most protection measures. It's hard to know which one to go with but I did like menu browsing feature of Firefox.

[namtrak]

It's unequivocal - Firefox is a much smarter browser than IE. Firefox is about 6MB and IE is about 60MB for starters. Ive been using firefox for about 2 months with all the banking in the world and its a treat.

For comparison a quick search on www.securityfocus.com shows that for Firefox there are about 50 listed vulnerabilities and for IE there is well over 300.

Either way, based on my limited experience Firefox is a winner - a serious improvement on Netscape and even Opera.

Cheers

[Groggy]

It's unequivocal - Firefox is a much smarter browser than IE. Firefox is about 6MB and IE is about 60MB for starters. Ive been using firefox for about 2 months with all the banking in the world and its a treat.

For comparison a quick search on www.securityfocus.com shows that for Firefox there are about 50 listed vulnerabilities and for IE there is well over 300.

Either way, based on my limited experience Firefox is a winner - a serious improvement on Netscape and even Opera.

Cheers

I guess an optimist would say that is proof that Firefox is better. Of course, the pessimist will say that Firefox has 250 as yet undetected flaws that will take 54mb of patches to fix!

[craigb]

I stopped using FF because, even though it had lots of features I liked, it had one feature that used to really drive me nuts.

That was, whenever I'd hit the back arrow in these fora, it would insist on taking me right back to the top of the previous page and not to where my last position actually was.

Now you may think that that's a pretty trivial gripe, and yes, I know there are ways around it if you use the fora in a different way, but damn it, I want to use the thing the way I want to use it and not be dictated to by some pipmply faced developer. :mad:

/rant off.

I actually feel much better now.

[Gumby]

It depends on what you read...........

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1775806,00.asp

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6459

:eek:

[MajorPanic]

I stopped using FF because, even though it had lots of features I liked, it had one feature that used to really drive me nuts.

That was, whenever I'd hit the back arrow in these fora, it would insist on taking me right back to the top of the previous page and not to where my last position actually was.

Now you may think that that's a pretty trivial gripe, and yes, I know there are ways around it if you use the fora in a different way, but damn it, I want to use the thing the way I want to use it and not be dictated to by some pipmply faced developer. :mad:

/rant off.

I actually feel much better now.

OK, now tell us the name you have give the browser you have developed?....... you know, the one that works how you want it to & NOT how you were conditioned to use since you started on the web. (the one that was developed by a pimply faced kid)

Oh, don't forget you WILL NOT BE PAID a cent for all the hours of work you have put in developing your browser as IT MUST BE FREE to compete with all the others out there.

/rant off >temporarily/>

[Barry_White]

I stopped using FF because, even though it had lots of features I liked, it had one feature that used to really drive me nuts.

That was, whenever I'd hit the back arrow in these fora, it would insist on taking me right back to the top of the previous page and not to where my last position actually was.

.

Actually that is the only thing that bugs me with FF but I have learnt to live with it.

I like FF the way it handles downloads.

I have never had any issues with it in Banking.

As far as Anti Virus goes I am using Kasperky. This was recommended by my grandson who is a IT support person who has tested every Antivirus program and found that it was the only one without any issues.

[MajorPanic]

It depends on what you read...........

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1775806,00.asp

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6459

:eek:

Gumby,

The version they are talking about is 1.0.1, Firefox is up to version 1.0.3 now.

[Gumby]

Gumby,

The version they are talking about is 1.0.1, Firefox is up to version 1.0.3 now.

Mate, I'm just confused...... :confused:

Anyway, to each his own as they say.

[echnidna]

Actually Firefoz is now up to Version 1.0.4
so I just updated from 0.92

[MajorPanic]

Actually Firefoz is now up to Version 1.0.4
so I just updated from 0.92

Thanks for the upgrade tip Echnidna

[namtrak]

You get notified of upgrades with a little red arrow in the top right hand corner - next to the circle of dots which is under the maximise/minimise/close options. The arrow isnt there if you dont need to upgrade.

One nifty little plugin Ive been playing with is called Stumble-on. Sort of neat timewaster - I assume it is also available for IE