O/T Firefox, Opera or IE?

[EdwardGein]

It looks like I'll be using Opera as my Browser Has anyone else switched over to them?
I had used Firefox 90% of the time and IE when it was necessary to download stuff that Firefox couldn't do like Harmony 676 remotes. Is Opera truly faster than Firefox which is faster than IE? It seems to be faster yet when I checked download and upload speeds on
www.testmy.net between the 2 browsers my download scores were 4800 on Firefox and 4600 on Opera and upload 376 on Firefox and 311 on Opera? Your thoughts?

[JoeE SP9]

I currently have 5 browsers loaded on my main PC IE, Netscape, Firefox, Neoplanet and Opera. I have been using firefox the most lately but they all seem to work quite well. I'm using Firefox at the moment. With plenty of hard drive space so cheap nowadays it is easy to have all of them available.

[EdwardGein]

You sound almost like me with my 10 anti spyware/adware programs. Could you explain the following too me. I have broadband service. If someone is trying to hack into my system, they could do so through internet explorer right, even if its closed. Or does your browser have to be open if you're connected by braodband to get hacked?

[popolz]

I have 2 browsers... IE for some stuff that doesn't work with Firefox...


I loved Firefox especially for the adblock thingy :D


EdwardGein: just keep your windows up to date, add a router between your computer and you broadband modem and you shouldn't have any problems.

[Hawkeye]

For those using Firefox, here's an easy way to speed up Firefox browsing significantly.
You should definitely notice an increase in speed after making these mods.



1. In Firefox, type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return.
Scroll down and look for the following 3 entries:


network.http.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
network.http.proxy.pipelining


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" (double-click the entry)
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true" (double-click the entry)
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 20. (double
click the entry)


3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New -> Integer. Name it
"nglayout.initialpaint.delay" & set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on
information it receives.

I'm using Firefox and this worked for me.

[popolz]

Hawkeye: thanks for the tips!!! it's loading alot faster now! :)

[EdwardGein]

When I type about_:config on the Mozilla firebox address bar it puts me on a web page that is www.gang.umass.edu/software/code/doc012.html There is nothing to scroll down to that says network.http.pipelining

Would appreciate your help

[Hawkeye]

When I type about_:config on the Mozilla firebox address bar it puts me on a web page that is www.gang.umass.edu/software/code/doc012.html There is nothing to scroll down to that says network.http.pipelining

Would appreciate your help

Try it without the underscore then follow the rest of the instructions. Strange, I didn't put the underscore in the instructions, this site did.

[JoeE SP9]

You sound almost like me with my 10 anti spyware/adware programs. Could you explain the following too me. I have broadband service. If someone is trying to hack into my system, they could do so through internet (http:///#) explorer right, even if its closed. Or does your browser have to be open if you're connected by braodband to get hacked?If you don't have a firewall get one. If you have one upgrade it. It is the only way to give some peace of mind. Even with a firewall all the usual precautions should be taken.