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    Now what plugins with FireFox 2

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Photoguy30523, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. Photoguy30523

    Photoguy30523 Notebook Consultant

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    what plugins will help me with firefox 2... something to make it faster
     
    Photoguy30523, Oct 31, 2006
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    I've been using Fasterfox for a while, what do other people think of it? Does it actually 'speed up' Firefox that much?
     
    Bwen, Oct 31, 2006
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    Don't bother with FasterFox, follow this guide instead.

    Make a user.js file in your profile folder and add these lines,

    user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 16000);
    user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", true);
    user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);
    user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);
    user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000);
    user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
    user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
    user_pref("content.notify.interval", 250000);
    user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
    user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 250000);
    user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
    user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
    user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);
    user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
    user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 250);
    user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
    user_pref("signed.applets.codebase_principal_suppo rt", true);


    To make a user.js file, open notepad, copy the above into it, then when you go to save select "save file As All Types" and save the file as user.js. Off you go, faster firefox with no extension.
     
    sionyboy, Oct 31, 2006
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    So i just create the user.js file then execute it?
     
    Bwen, Oct 31, 2006
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    My extensions list:

    Adblock Filterset.G Updater
    Adblock Plus
    ChatZilla
    Download Statusbar (I'm not sure I'm gonna hold onto this)
    FireFTP
    foxyTunes
    IE Tab
    Tab Mix Plus
    Viamatic foXpose

    Firefox remains swift and I have no conflicts that I'm aware of.

    ~ Brett
     
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    Go to your Firefox profile folder, should be something like
    C:\documents and settings\ YOUR USER PROFILE \Application Data\Mozilla\FireFox\Profiles\*******.default

    When in this folder, create a new Notepad document. Enter the information I entered above, then Save As. Select Save As File "All Types" then type in user.js

    And off you go!
     
    sionyboy, Oct 31, 2006
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    yeah. Fasterfox for version 2 came out yesterday.
    I found a significant increase in speed when using it on firefox 1.5
    It used to be slower than IE7, but with fasterfox, it matched the speed.

    Other really helpful addons
    *Gmail Notifier - Extremely useful if you use Gmail
    *Tiny Menu - compacts the menu bar into a single dropdown menu, which I put to the right of my searchbar
    *Mouse Gestures - a little over-featured for what I use it for, but i've become incredibly dependant on it. I just wish there was a mouse gesture plugin for windows explorer.
    *No Go buttons - removes the 'go' button from the address bar and search bar in ff2.
    *IE Tab - As more coders take other non- IE browsers into consideration, I'm finding less need for this. But still very useful when viewing sites incompatible with firefox
    *FirefoxMenuButtons - I use it to add a button to open the extensions window
    *Sidebar on Right - my browser looks a bit different from the default. I have smaller navigation buttons on the right end, of the bookmarks bar, so I like having my sidebar open on the right side.
     
    jihoon, Oct 31, 2006
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