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    FireFox and slow internet connection.

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by TANWare, Jul 1, 2015.

  1. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    I am not the first to find these solutions I am posting here but I had a really slow internet experience with a fast download pipe. I am using Fire Fox for the browser and Thunderbird for the email.

    1.) in Fire Fox under settings disable ipv6 if your internet provider does not support this.
    2.) Same thing with the network properties, disable ipv6.
    3.) disable flash in add ons and just enable when needed or use the have it ask. (this is true too with Windows as well)

    The primary reasons are Fire Fox, and some other applications, will pole out to ipv6 even though it is not supported by the ISP and delay page loads. The other issue is Flash ads can be up to 3 or more per page and can slow down even the fastest connections.
     
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    Hi.

    Opera and Chrome support data compression would this not help your pages load faster.

    John.
     
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    I have a 60mbps connection. Windows IE, with flash disabled, was very snappy to say the least. Linux and Firefox, both browser and Thunderbird, felt very sluggish by comparison. Once Flash was disabled it picked up but was still moping around before starting the loads. Getting rid of IPV6 for the OS, and the browser just to be sure, all sped up substantially.
     
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