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codax
07-15-04, 08:19 AM
Ive heard so many of you how much better firefox is but when i tried 0.9
it was slower than explorer i tried a few site most noticable was www.overclockers.co.uk just for testing i deleted all temp internet files and loaded the page on each browser and the pictuers took longer to load on firefox where as explore was almost instant
whys this?
i have a 1mb connection
Turd Furguson
07-15-04, 09:50 AM
Firefox is still in BETA form. There are a few kinks to still be worked out but if you would take a little time to read our Firefox Tweak thread you may be able to optimize it for more speed.
deeman
07-15-04, 09:53 AM
ya i found enabling pipelining helped considerably
snafumaster
07-15-04, 10:59 AM
I'm not a speed demon, but I didn't think it was too much slower. I will try enabling pipelining though.
David
07-15-04, 11:08 AM
Firefox isn't noticably faster or slower than IE for me, I just like it cos of tabbed browsing :) Cant live without it now! :D
codax
07-15-04, 11:14 AM
tried the tweaks but coudnt find pipelining option still finding eplorer faster ?
nocturnal714
07-15-04, 02:11 PM
i also like the fact that their are no popups and its not a haven for hackers like ie is. :rolleyes:
Calculusaurus
07-15-04, 04:18 PM
i also like the fact that their are no popups and its not a haven for hackers like ie is. :rolleyes:

Agreed. This is reason enough to use firefox, slow speed or no.

However, Firefox is just as fast as IE for me, so FF > IE all the way :thup:
nocturnal714
07-15-04, 04:25 PM
Agreed. This is reason enough to use firefox, slow speed or no.

However, Firefox is just as fast as IE for me, so FF > IE all the way :thup:

right on brotha! :attn:
Drec
07-15-04, 05:51 PM
FF p\/\/nz j00... :clap:

but in all seriousness i notice no speed diffrences between the two.
nocturnal714
07-15-04, 05:56 PM
neither do i and it has much better features such as the tabbed windows like someone else said here. it makes life so much easier
Enablingwolf
07-15-04, 06:04 PM
I hope everyone has their security updates from here:
http://mozilla.org/security/shell.html
Leviathan41
07-15-04, 11:44 PM
I notice the difference in speed. Have you guys done this? ---> http://www.computerbb.org/about150.html

Firefox is better than IE in every way, IMO. I thought it was funny that Firefox issued the fix the same day the security problem was found, yet Microsoft takes their sweet time to patch things.
Calculusaurus
07-16-04, 04:38 AM
I notice the difference in speed. Have you guys done this? ---> http://www.computerbb.org/about150.html

People kept mentioning the "pipelining tweak", but I never knew what it was until now. Pages load a little faster now :)
snafumaster
07-16-04, 06:16 AM
I notice the difference in speed. Have you guys done this? ---> http://www.computerbb.org/about150.html

Firefox is better than IE in every way, IMO. I thought it was funny that Firefox issued the fix the same day the security problem was found, yet Microsoft takes their sweet time to patch things.
Wow, I had my reservations as to whether I'd notice a difference...Oh My
:thup: :clap:
Thank you!