Firefox Tweak Guide

Hello guys.

To all of you happy Firefox users out there: I wrote a little tweak guide with speed / functionality tweaks.

Check it out here:

http://users.pandora.be/history/forceflow/fftweak1.htm

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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

Here is another:

Type about:config in the location bar.

and scroll to network.http.pipelining double click that to switch it to true.

THen right below that it says network.http.pipelining.maxrequests double click and set the vale to 100.

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I read more closely in your guild and saw that you included mine in teh user.js, i guess user.js is a quicker way to get all those opitons at once? Nice list though, i am applying the speed ones, and a few of the extensions you mentioned right now.

Wow, the speed tweak actually works very good. Thanks for that!

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"Azelito, stop being a f**king bitch. All I see you do is complain and insult people in your recent posts. We don't care, go find a razor you emo pansy..." -Windows98

Sweet! I did the speed + removal of buttons & less button padding.....I DO notice faster browsing! Thanks!

my fire fox wont update when I add new extentions, they appear in the
extentions window but say "will appear on restart" no matter how much I
restart ff.

er, I still use Internet Explorer. I've never had a problem with it, never had virii or spyware or anything... Why is FF better? Probably something I don't know about...

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Don't have viruses? Don't fool yourself. Just because you aren't experiencing anything you notice, don't think for a moment that there is not a large probability that there are a slew of things on your computer. Being Window's ALONE assures that.

Mozilla, and anything not IE, can be seen as better simply because IE allows instant, default, and unseen access to your computer's administrative abilities (of course you can turn the "security" up, but things like ActiveX still allow simple attacks through). There are of course ways of doing the same thing through cookies or something as such. But that is not nearly as detrimental as a registry value being unknowingly downloaded and placed so that the next time you restart your computer you download several other threats that are, most likely, make to spread across networks.

Not to mention ... these things don't need your permission to be installed since IE has administrative rights, being built into the OS interface and all.

It also appears that there are two versions of IE on any given Windows system. Explorer and IExplorer. What's the difference? IExplorer gets patches (Which is what is commonly referred to as IE) As far as I know, explorer doesn't get many, since it is the gui for Windows. Also, if you use the normal Windows interface to browse the net. Like if you're looking at your C drive then decide to go to a website and type it into the address bar ... that's explorer not iexplorer. Don't believe me? Try it and look at your tasks.

Now, as for the actual parts of the browser that regard Internet browsing ... it doesn't care much for following the international web standards (W3). Making up crap whenever they feel like it and packing it into the dom is a terrible practice. The thing that makes it worse is that everyone else has to adopt similar things and try to make it workable, since MS pulls os much weight with consumers.

It's really a terrible situation when you get down to it, honestly.

And don't try to aimlessly defend IE (Not directed at anyone specifically). It's a terrible piece of software. I think the only thing that may be worse (and officially licensed and such) is sendmail.

Also, specifically speaking about FireFox, FF has only had one critical update ever. Mozilla hasn't had any as far as I'm aware (which is the same as FF if you were wondering, FF is just the old Beta ... now new current Mozilla ... Just like the old Netscape Mozilla relationship). While IE has critical updates almost every other week. Keep in mind a "critical update" isn't named by Microsoft, but rather a committee. You honestly think MS would admit to any holes in their software? I mean they've done a pretty good job of covering everything up so far.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

bam! Crono, can you fix my problem now?

Pros:

+Firefox has a cleaner interface.

+All buttons, address bar, and google search component are all on the same line.

+Tabbed browsing (no more multiple windows open.)

+when you click the down arrow to see past sites, 2x's as many are listed.

+when you start typing an address, it automatically shows sites (even after the first letter you type)

+Especially after that info Forceflow just gave us, much faster browsing

+Integrated web development.

+downloads can be quicker (when you click to DL something, it just does
without asking where you want to save it if setup correctly.)

+The address bar is highlighted gold and shows a lock when on a secure site like paypal or gmail.

+supposedly better virus protection (I never had a problem, either, although apparently Crono would disagree :wink: )

+Better Find function

+Firefox extentions (haven't really found any super useful ones yet)

Cons:

-Not really a con, since it can be fixed, but when first installed, you may keep getting 'The document has no data' messages.

-Not all images load on some pages that normally would in IE (this is rare, but does happen, probably due to bad coding).

-Not all web content is visible through FF. for instance, no colored scroll bars. (whoop-de-doo)

-Can't figure out how to edit the source of a web page when I view it...Crono? ForceFlow?

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That's all I can think of off of the top of my head......I've only had
it less than two weeks. For the longest time I refused to even
try it because:

A: I think I tried it over a year ago and it blew

B: It seemed like the only reason people were using it was because they were anti-microsoft hypocrites.

In short, it is a very small download and definately worth a try. You won't look back.

Honestly, if you're having trouble figuring out the interface with Firefox, I can't help you as I've use it only on my laptop. At home, which is here, I use Mozilla 1.7. A lot of people bash it by calling it bloated and useless... well, I find many uses for it.

The thing I like about the older Mozilla than FF is the options. There are FAR many more options with Mozilla. I still, for the life of me, can't find out how to make the middle mouse open a new window in FF instead of a tab. And I don't personally care for the tabs. I'm too used to clicking the bottom of the window.

A built in IRC client doesn't hurt either :wink:

But ... as for images and such ... code? I don't think so ... you just need to set the properties to "show all images" and not just specific sites. There's no other way to show an image by using HTML other than the IMG tag.

About the side scroll color bar thing, that's an IE only option. One of the many things I was talking about. Soft of a gimmick, if you will. I think the only constructive thing Microsoft has actually given the web development community is iframes.

By the way, in your guide:

It will only block pop-up windows that open without any action by a user

That's not entirely true. I believe it blocks third party popups only. (another web address in a popup command). Because, you can still use popup blocker and make an automatic popup on a page reload command.

Also, "Java" can't do anything unless you agree to download the applet. I believe you can also tell it to ask you.

Dark Tree:

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1002&application=mozilla

You could also just select all and paste it into notepad. Pretty easy since you could just type:

ctrl U >> ctrl A >> ctrl C >> windows R >> notepad >> ctrl V

That chain of commands is:

View Source >> Select All >> Copy Selection >> Run >> Call Notepad >> Paste Selection

Just for clarification. Take out the blasted mouse whenever you can ... so much faster.

As for the extensions ... Um ... I don't know. If you have the program that's suppose to be called installed and set up properly and you've restarted Firefox, it should work.

If you gave me more information I could try it and actually give you helpful feedback.

Also, just to mention: I wouldn't use interface as a pro or con. It is up to the user's preference, number one, and number two: the appearance, layout, etc of any program can be changed. And there's all sorts of "plug-ins" for IE to make it look identical to FF and all sorts of themes for FF to make it look like IE.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Let's just keep it to the tweak guide, guys, not another Firefox vs. IE - thread.

Drglass:

Reinstall Firefox. Use the uninstall option in the software menu, then
delete the Firefox program folder. (C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox by
default).

You will not lose bookmarks and settings, they are kept in a different folder.

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rs6

</span>Yes, the user.js file is the easier and safer way to do
it. That way, you will see what values in your config you have recently
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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

No one is starting an IE vs FF thread.

I just explained the reasoning, that's all.

Did you look at the things that aren't exactly ... um ... right in your guide though?

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Yes, I'm going to edit those parts Crono, thanks a lot.

Java do?s load without user interaction in Firefox if you don't edit
the Java Runtime Environment options, so I guess I'm right on that part.

The speed tweaks made a dramatic difference on my computer. I was
skeptical at first, but I am a convert now. Thanks, Forceflow.

However, when I edited the userchrome.css and put it in the chrome
folder, the "Go" button still sits on my toolbar. I know it's a
small thing, but the annoying "Go" button is one of my main gripe about
Firefox. In IE, I could get rid of it by de-selecting it.
But there is no easy way to do so in Firefox.

When I implemented Forceflow's changes, the "Help" menu disappeared, but the "Go" button refuses to leave.

I want to blast it out with a Magnum.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

Actually, Satch...one of the 'Go' buttons IS gone....the one up in the menu......

help and Go options ARE gone.....but the big green go button IS still there

Java does load without user interaction in Firefox if you don't edit
the Java Runtime Environment options.

Hm, guess it's been awhile since I actually configured my browser. Or was that changed between Mozilla and FireFox, I wonder.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

but the big green go button IS still there

Oh, I see. So is there a way to blast that little green bugger
out of my browser? I feel so un-1337 when that green "Go" arrow
stares back at me when I surf.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

to remove the green go button, go to view->toolbar->customize drag the go icon to the window that pops up. and done.

You're a god, rs6.

...and this is coming from an atheist.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

to remove the green go button, go to
view->toolbar->customize drag the go icon to the window that pops
up. and done.

Was in the guide too :smile:

I removed the "Go" menu also ... pretty useless, if you ask me.

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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

ff iz teh winz0r

I hope that's ForceFlow. :smile:

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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

thnx ive used firefox for a while but now is even better

ff & fff's r teh winz0r:

FireFox

ForceFlow

Fighting For Fun (anyone? Anyone? DEViANCE, BaPH, SiLVERS?)

Thanks y'all. Way to make FireFox better than it already was!