[pman68]

Saw this neat little tweak on the Inquirer website. Works great! Highly recommended for all Firefox users on broadband. Give it a go!



WARP SPEED

[xi_hyperon]

Yeah, quite cool. I wish there was a trick like that for Safari.

[Millennium]

Not bad. Setting the max number of requests to 30 is pretty rude, though; 10 is more polite and gives almost the same boost.

[brapper]

neato.
Seems quick...one might even say SNAPPY!

[IFLY2HIGH]

Wow, what a huge difference it makes, bye bye Safari, Hello Fire Fox...

[pman68]

Originally posted by Millennium:
Not bad. Setting the max number of requests to 30 is pretty rude, though; 10 is more polite and gives almost the same boost.

Yeah, I thought 30 was kind of high too, so I set mine to 15.

Very snappy.

(ps works great on the pc side too)

[wataru]

Do it the easy way with the Tweak Network Settings extension.

By the way, I've heard that setting the max connections to anything higher than 8 is pointless.

[Eriamjh]

Originally posted by wataru:
By the way, I've heard that setting the max connections to anything higher than 8 is pointless.

But if it results in snappier browsing is it really pointless?

[wataru]

Originally posted by Eriamjh:
But if it results in snappier browsing is it really pointless?

Does it actually result in snappier browsing, or is that a result of the other settings, or even just the placebo effect? What I heard is that the HTTP 1.1 protocol doesn't allow more than 8 anyway, so setting it higher than that doesn't do anything.

[SafariX]

Anyway to import safari bookmarks?

Importing my bookmarks.plist no worky....

[kmkkid]

It doesnt seem to make any difference for me




Chris

[IFLY2HIGH]

Okay so now how do I make Firefox my default browser. If I click on any 3rd party links it brings up safari.

[andretan]

Originally posted by IFLY2HIGH:
Okay so now how do I make Firefox my default browser. If I click on any 3rd party links it brings up safari.

You have to select the default browser or email client of your choice in Safari.

[wataru]

Originally posted by SafariX:
Anyway to import safari bookmarks?

Importing my bookmarks.plist no worky....

Yes. It's called "do a search."

[Jens Peter]

Originally posted by SafariX:
Anyway to import safari bookmarks?

Importing my bookmarks.plist no worky....

Download Safari Bookmark Exporter, save your bookmarks from Safari as a .html file (then, you also have them for backup...) and in FireFox go to Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks -> File -> import...
That should be it.

[TubaMuffins]

now there just needs to be a plug-in to speed up the scrolling. Also, does anyone know of a plug-in that allows all clicked links to open in a new tab so i dont have to hold control everytime? That'd be sweet.

[Xeo]

Originally posted by Millennium:
Not bad. Setting the max number of requests to 30 is pretty rude, though; 10 is more polite and gives almost the same boost.

Why is it rude? This is not the same as multiple connections. This is simply multiple requests on one connection. The server can still limit the bandwidth so that each connection gets a fair amount. Or maybe it is rude because, if say the server allows only 10 connections (going overboard for example's sake) and you are using one of them for all your requests, then only 9 other slots would be used for everyone else, rather than you doing one and going to the back of the line. Is that why?

Using 30 connections for one large file, such as Speed Download or iGetter is much more rude, and is what I am thinking you are talking about. Feel free to correct me if I misunderstand.

Originally posted by wataru:
Does it actually result in snappier browsing, or is that a result of the other settings, or even just the placebo effect? What I heard is that the HTTP 1.1 protocol doesn't allow more than 8 anyway, so setting it higher than that doesn't do anything.

That's incorrect. There is no limit in HTTP 1.1 as to how many requests can be sent in one connection. However, individual servers have limits. Apache's default, for example, is 100 per connection.

Pipelining is beneficial because you don't need to initiate a separate TCP connection for each item on the web page. Pages with lots of content, such as a bunch of images, would load quicker simply because you are avoiding the startup and closing costs of TCP connections. I'm actually surprised that most modern browsers don't have this on by default, considering how many web sites have more content than just the one main page you requested. I suppose it could create problems for modem users if the TCP connection is lost in the middle and the content goes bye-bye, or something like that. Seems similar to pipelining in processors. Longer pipes can get more in, but at a hiccup, you lose everything that's in there.

The UI of Firefox still keeps me from using it. It could very well be the fastest browser, but if I wanted the absolute fastest for everything I did, I wouldn't use a Mac.

[wataru]

Originally posted by TubaMuffins:
Also, does anyone know of a plug-in that allows all clicked links to open in a new tab so i dont have to hold control everytime? That'd be sweet.

You don't need a plugin, you can already do that in the Advanced section of the preferences. I forget if that particular item is hidden by default; if it is, go to about:config and set browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs to true.

[storer]

In Windoze, you middle click the mouse for new tab open.

[wataru]

Originally posted by storer:
In Windoze, you middle click the mouse for new tab open.

He's probably talking about links that would otherwise open in a new window. Plus, middle click on Mac is broken for 1.0, though I believe it's fixed on the trunk.

[wdlove]

My wife uses Firefox and loves the program.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by wdlove:
My wife uses Firefox and loves the program.

Well, I hope my wife loves ME

-t

[Mafia]

finally, firefox has some speed to it.

[storer]

Originally posted by turtle777:
Well, I hope my wife loves IE
-t

Fixed.