Showing posts with label Firefox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Firefox. Show all posts

Sunday, February 14, 2010

How To Speed Up Mozilla Firefox

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http://virgintech.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/speedometer0100_ffx.jpgToday i would like to share you friends an easy trick to speed up your Mozilla Firefox. Please note that if you do not have firefox as your default browser, I advise you to get it immediately. It is faster and more efficient than every browser out there. It is obtainable at mozilla.org/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 recieves.

Now restart your browser, if you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups

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Today i would like to share the two mock up versions of Firefox 4.0 for Windows 7 expecting to release by the late 2010. So here goes the screen shots released by Mozilla Foundation;

Version - A - Tab on bottom:



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Possibly add a Bookmarks widget as an upfront replacement for the Bookmarks menu/Bookmarks toolbar (option to turn those on would remain).


Version - B - Tab on top:



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 The more contentious Tabs-on-Top concept.
Positives
  • Save Vertical Space
  • Efficiency/Remove Visual Complexity - Right now the tabs have to be connected to something. So we are adding an extra visual element for them to connect to.
  • Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls
Negatives
  • Breaks Consistency/Familiarity - Moving things confuses existing users.
  • Title is MIA - With the space removed from the titlebar you only get the truncated version in the tab.
  • Longer Mouse Distance to Tabs - Takes longer to mouse to a tab.
  • Lost Space - Sandwiched in between the application icon and the window widgets you lose some space.    
Combo Stop/Refresh/Go Button:
Image:Mockup-4-0-Vista-(TabsBottom)-(LocBar).png
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Attached at the end of the location bar.
  • Turns green when you start typing.
  • Blends with the location bar when at rest.
  • Turns blue on hover.
  • Turns red when a page is loading.
The proposed iconography is mostly colorless. Adding color to these temporary action driven buttons will make it more obvious something is going on.


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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 4) now available for download

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This morning the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 4, making it available for free download and issuing an update for all Firefox 3.6 beta users. This update contains over 100 fixes from the last Firefox 3.6 beta, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users. Almost 70% of the thousands of Firefox Add-ons have now been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6 Beta. If your favorite Add-on isn’t yet compatible, you can also download and install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter – your favorite Add-on author will appreciate it!



The Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features for users to evaluate:


Please use the following links to download Firefox 3.6 Beta:

Monday, November 09, 2009

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Celebrating Five Years of Firefox!

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Well it’s Mozilla Celebrating Five Years of Firefox!, birthday too!

Five years ago today, Mozilla launched Firefox 1.0 with belief that, as the most significant social and technological development of our time, the Internet is a public resource that must remain open and accessible to all. Within the first four days of launch, more than 1 million people had downloaded a brand new browsing experience.

In just five years, that number has swelled to over 330 million users worldwide; almost a quarter of Internet users worldwide choose Firefox. Today, Firefox ships in more than 70 languages and offers users more than 7,000 add-ons to help customize their browsing experience.

From your desktop to your mobile device, Mozilla is committed to building an open and participatory Internet. We’ve come so far in the past five years and we’re incredibly excited about the next five. For a more comprehensive look at where we’ve been and where we’re headed, check out Chris Blizzard’s excellent post on hacks.mozilla.org.

To celebrate this milestone, Mozilla communities are hosting parties all over the globe in a special campaign called “Light the World with Firefox” – shining the Firefox logo from Tokyo to Rome, from Paris to San Francisco, and more. For full details on parties in your area or to check out other ways to join in the celebration, head to http://www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/.




Thursday, November 05, 2009

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IE6 and Safari 4 browsers not supported for the new orkut

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The new orkut is not properly viewable in the old Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and Apples Safari 4 browsers. If you are using IE6 or Safari 4, you will be automatically re-directed to the old orkut version. To upgrade to a supported browser, please download the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer 8.


Friday, October 09, 2009

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Skins for your Firefox

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