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FasterFox --- speed up extension for FireFox
britishtrident - 2/10/05 at 05:54 PM

I installed the Fasterfox extension for Firefox today -- it makes a BIG difference to web page loading performance -- very impressed made a bigger difference than the switch from a 512 to a 1meg connection.

Hellfire - 3/10/05 at 07:14 AM

How you any idea what's changed? Does it still block pop-up's? If so - I feel an install coming on

Is that version 1.0.7?

[Edited on 3-10-05 by Hellfire]

britishtrident - 3/10/05 at 12:16 PM

I've been running version 1.04 till this morning, , when I loaded 1.07 on the NT4 box upgrdes since 1.01 have mainly been minor bug and security fixes. The Linux box is running 1.02.

I have loaded 5 extensions to Firefox that I actually use and recommend.

SpoofStick which helps spot spoofed site ips.
ShowIP -- displays sites numerical IP address in status bars -- again helps spot spoofed/hijacked domain names..
FireFtp a proper ftp program that runs with in Firefox java window.

Dr Web online virus checker for submitting suspect files for virus checking before downloading them,

Customize Google -- exactly what it says on the tin.

FasterFox

I have tried a few others but some cause more problems than they solve.

[Edited on 3/10/05 by britishtrident]

Hellfire - 3/10/05 at 03:50 PM

Just loaded fasterfox.... OMG and a few other extensions... must be down to simplified coding as it's really fast... with no apparent loss in integrity.

You don't fancy the 1.5 Beta then

David Jenkins - 3/10/05 at 08:47 PM

FasterFox makes a hell of a difference on my office computer (XP) but doesn't add much to the home Linux version - I guess it's tuned for Windoze.

David

britishtrident - 4/10/05 at 07:11 AM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
FasterFox makes a hell of a difference on my office computer (XP) but doesn't add much to the home Linux version - I guess it's tuned for Windoze.

David

Sould work fine oon both
On the Linux box have you disable IPv6 networking

see this thread http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=31063

David Jenkins - 4/10/05 at 07:22 AM

I think I did that when it was first mentioned - but I'll check tonight.

cheers,
David

BTW: Firefox 1.07 is now available as an update, for whoever uses it.

ned - 7/10/05 at 10:58 AM

got the new version of firefox and fasterfox add-on - grease lightening

David Jenkins - 7/10/05 at 11:56 AM

Just watch out if your ISP caps your data - FastFox works by pre-loading all the links on a page and putting them into a cache. This means you ship a lot more data!

You can set the amount of pre-loading to reduce this, if required.

David

Gav - 12/10/05 at 07:15 PM

IIRC all faster fox does is tweak settings that you can tweak for yourself by opening this url: about:config

of course the trick is, is to know which settings to tweak