Firefox 3

[TitanTiger 18,159]

I've been goofing around with Firefox 3 on Windows here at work for a few days. Gotta say, it's really fast. And for those who have experienced memory leaks in the past with FF (I never did at home, but here at work I had some problems), they seem to have solved that. I've had it open now for about 5 hours at work with multiple tabs open and it's still only using 82MB and been steady at that or slightly less for a while.

The main thing is, it's very fast. Much faster than FF2 or IE7.

The latest version is Firefox 3 Beta 5. Do a Google search on that and go download it. Just install it to it's own folder so your FF2 doesn't get overwritten. Most extensions won't work, though IE Tab does.

[WarTiger 3,683]

I've heard good things about firefox 3 but usually stay away from beta versions. May go grab this though, and give it a shot.

[SouthLink02 8]

I will use it but am suspect

Firefox 2 has really slowed down for me as of late

I am hoping the loadup time is less and it uses less memory

[Ranger12 42]

I know that a few months ago somebody posted a tweak you could perform to Firefox to get it to run a little faster. Here is a new one that is a little bit different that I have came across. I noticed some difference after I made the changes on both of my laptops:

Here is an easy way to make Mozilla Firefox load pages at least 3x faster!

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

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 300

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.

Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".

4. Restart your browser and you will see a major change.

[AUTiger1 0]

I know that a few months ago somebody posted a tweak you could perform to Firefox to get it to run a little faster. Here is a new one that is a little bit different that I have came across. I noticed some difference after I made the changes on both of my laptops:

Here is an easy way to make Mozilla Firefox load pages at least 3x faster!

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

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 300

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.

Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".

4. Restart your browser and you will see a major change.

I use opera most of the time. Firefox was slow and locked up. Safari was slow also. I tried this little tip and I can tell a difference. Good tip, thanks.

[bojack34 2]

I did it and I noticed a big difference.

[WarEagle007 1]

Someone needs to make an Auburn theme for Firefox. The website has themes for a ton of other schools, including LSU and UGA, and THE (ever overrated) Ohio State University, ugh.

[WarTiger 3,683]

Someone needs to make an Auburn theme for Firefox. The website has themes for a ton of other schools, including LSU and UGA, and THE (ever overrated) Ohio State University, ugh.

I'm actually working on that as we speak. It's not as easy as I had hoped, but i'm working on it. Hopefully I'll have one together over the next few months.

[jared52 4,353]

Someone needs to make an Auburn theme for Firefox. The website has themes for a ton of other schools, including LSU and UGA, and THE (ever overrated) Ohio State University, ugh.

I'm actually working on that as we speak. It's not as easy as I had hoped, but i'm working on it. Hopefully I'll have one together over the next few months.

Months?!! Do you work for Microsoft?

[WarTiger 3,683]

Someone needs to make an Auburn theme for Firefox. The website has themes for a ton of other schools, including LSU and UGA, and THE (ever overrated) Ohio State University, ugh.

I'm actually working on that as we speak. It's not as easy as I had hoped, but i'm working on it. Hopefully I'll have one together over the next few months.

Months?!! Do you work for Microsoft?

well, see if I offer it to you... assuming I can get it to work...

[SouthLink02 8]

Wait, what? There is a UGA theme? Where?

I tried finding one a few weeks ago