Posts tagged firefox
I feel the need….the need for speed
Mar 29th
Who doesn’t???
FireFox got a feature called pipeline which can speedup things and you will be able to browse fasssssssster.
The thing about pipelining is instead of using the old fashion way of sending a request then wait for the response from web server then send the next request, you can just send up to 8 requests while the responses are on the way, that would speedup your browsing if you got a fast Internet connection (there will be no significant difference if you got low speed).
The only drawback (and the reason why it is turned off by default) is the possibility that some web servers might not like the pipeline behavior and therefore stop responding to your requests (break the web page), to this day I didn’t have any such problems (am I lucky or good?).
Here is what you need to do:
1) In address bar write “about:config” then click on “I’ll be careful, I promise!”.
2) In filter box type “network.http.keep-alive”, if Value is False double click so it become true.
3) In filter box type “network.http.version”, make sure the Value is 1.1
4) In filter box type “network.http.pipelining”, if Value is False double click so it become true.
5) If you are on proxy or you are not sure In filter box type “network.http.proxy.pipelining”, if Value is False double click so it become true.
6) In filter box type “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests”, double click and set the value to 8 (you can set it to any number between 1 and 8).
That’s it, wear racing gloves and feel the speed!
Kick-ass Firefox extensions save you time and money
Jan 13th
There are two things we hate over @ AtA : Registering for a website JUST to SEE content.That is just evil - sure you get your membership numbers up but…
We HAT
E you. We hate you we hate you we hate you. Did I say we hate you?
Most of you have heard of the website http://www.BugMeNot.com that provides free community user names and passwords for sites. This made life moderately easier but I still had to go to their website and look up the security information.
That is where this Firefox extension comes into play… if there is a user name and password for the site you are on and you right click on the text fields – BugMeNot the FireFox plug in offers instant gratification…
That sounds perverted huh?
Um how about Instant Population of the fields.
But wait, you say that’s just one thing Admin!
Oh yeah the other thing we hate (actually there are quite a few other things we hate, come to think of it) is looking for coupon codes before checking out @ any online store. So the same author Eric from http://roachfiend.com/ came up with the FireFox plug in called RetailMeNot…
Yup you guessed it. This one will pop up a box ONLY if it finds a deal/coupon code for the specific page you are on! Thanks Eric and Thanks John for sending this one in. Remember send your tips and tricks to tips@askTheAdmin.com.
Here are the sites descriptions:
BugMeNot: Bypass compulsory web registration via FireFox’s right-click context menu. Compatible with Mozilla and current Firefox releases. Visit bugmenot.com for full details of their service. Features: multiple login attempts, failure reporting, and auto-submit. BugMeNot is finally compatible with bugmenot.com. You can all thank Dmytri Kleiner for its success. He is an extremely talented coding guru who whipped this thing back into shape.You can change various settings in the extensions’ options menu if you use Firefox. Mozilla and Netscape’s auto-fill and auto-submit are on by default.
RetailMeNot: I’m a poet and I kind of know it. RetailMeNot, brought to you by the perspicacious minds of BugMeNot, is both a service and a Firefox extension. The extension is new and will be the main focus of this mini-review. It sits invisibly behind Firefox’s exterior, waiting to pounce on any web site that will try and make a buck off of you. As soon as it detects a web site that has possible coupon codes, it lets you know.
Frustrated With Firefox Failing To Properly Render Web Pages?
Jan 6th
The Firefox add on IE Tab solves this problem, though with a continued frustration. With IE Tab you can embed IE in tabs and see web sites as they should be seen. Just click on the IE Tab icon, and the rendering engine switches to IE, while you remain in Firefox. For sites regularly visited, their URL’s can be added to the
IE Tab Site Filter. Neat, but I found myself frustrated with having to frequently add URL’s to the filter. (Go to the IE Tab options, check the enable box under Site Filters, then add URL’s as necessary.) After adding a URL to the site filter, each time you visit that site Firefox and IE Tab will automatically display that site, and all of
its pages, as if in IE Explorer. But you will actually still be in Firefox with all of its benefits.
Frequently adding sites to the site filter is a time consuming step I wanted to eliminate. Then, one recent morning, it struck me how simple this was going to be. I went to the site filter, deleted all those URL’s and added *.* as the only filter. Voila! The best of Firefox and IE together in one place. Now all the foxes are happy. And, by the way, if this slows my computer it isn’t enough for me to notice it. Pages still appear more or less “instantaneously” on my DSL connection.
Gmail and Gmail Chat slowing down? Here are some Gmail performance tweaks that will get you back on track
Jun 6th
Hello kiddies,
Commodore 64 here to bring you the next solution to the next most annoying thing in my work day.
At my day job, we use Gmail as a back end for all of our corporate email. So when the higher ups started noticing everyone’s AIM windows popping up, they hastily banned everyone in the company (including myself, the Admin, sheesh) from using AIM.
Though I must say Aim has done nothing to shed it’s kiddified skin, and intrusive flashing popups that are the default options when you install AIM. So the perfect solution for me seemed to be Gmail chat.
After using Gmail chat for a while, I was very pleased with its non invasive type of notification options, and the rudimentary look actually helps in a corporate situation. We just dont need a colorful flashy chat at work. We need something a little tamer. Gmail Chat was the clear winner.
But after a while i noticed that things were getting very slowwwww. Now I knew that Firefox had some memory management issues, but I never would have thought that IE7 had the same memory management issues. So I switched to using IE (Gasp).
For a while this proved well, but I started to see the same performance sluggishness from IE that I did in FF2. So I started messing around and found some little ‘features’. Turns out these features were the culprit. They also outline the next steps in correcting the problem.
First go into the ‘settings’ link at the top right of the email.
You’ll see that the settings are all split into tabs. 
The first being the ‘General’ tab.
Turn off the ‘Personal Level Indicators’ and ‘Snippets’ – These are both memory hogs as they are just one more thing on the page that has to update dynamically.
Those still on dial-up or actually any slow internet connection, stand to benefit from turning these off as well.
Second, go to the ‘Chat’ tab. Turn off emoticons and sounds as these take up memory and bandwidth as well.
And lastly, go to the ‘Web Clips’ tab and turn off web clips.
That should give you a noticeable performance boost. I’ve also been getting the feeling that the longer I’ve had a chat window open, and thus the more chat contained in that window, I still might begin to experience some slowdown. So this doesn’t solve the problem completely, but gives you a little more leeway until the slowdown begins.
Hope this helps!
Peace
Commodore64 (the one you used to play Bruce Lee on)
Firefox Plugin: RSS Ticker creates a news ticker comprised of your feeds! (all platforms)
May 15th
A Firefox extension called RSS Ticker turns your Firefox live bookmarks into a scrolling RSS ticker. Thats right! You wind up with an amazing bar of scrolling RSS goodness. The RSS Ticker sits below the status bar and shows your live bookmarks as they are updated. Almost every thing about RSS Ticker is customizable, like placement of your feeds, update intervals, number of feeds shown, scrolling speed,width, etc.
That’s right no more waiting to go check out the AskTheAdmin.com RSS feed – get updated information ASAP! I know this may stop some of you from dropping by the site as often – but to make our readers quality of life (tech) a little better we will risk it!
If you check your feeds any where as frequently as I do this will do wonders for you! Now your browser will check your feeds without interrupting you.
RSS Ticker is a free download for all platforms that can run FireFox. Awesome app Chris! Keep up the amazing work. [ChrisFinke]
And if you haven’t noticed that character is from a new cartoon strip called Being Five that we are syndicating at the bottom of any AtA page!
_TheTickingAdmiN_
Firefox Plugin: RSS Ticker creates a news ticker comprised of your feeds! (all platforms)
May 15th
A Firefox extension called RSS Ticker turns your Firefox live bookmarks into a scrolling RSS ticker. Thats right! You wind up with an amazing bar of scrolling RSS goodness. The RSS Ticker sits below the status bar and shows your live bookmarks as they are updated. Almost every thing about RSS Ticker is customizable, like placement of your feeds, update intervals, number of feeds shown, scrolling speed,width, etc.
That’s right no more waiting to go check out the AskTheAdmin.com RSS feed – get updated information ASAP! I know this may stop some of you from dropping by the site as often – but to make our readers quality of life (tech) a little better we will risk it!
If you check your feeds any where as frequently as I do this will do wonders for you! Now your browser will check your feeds without interrupting you.
RSS Ticker is a free download for all platforms that can run FireFox. Awesome app Chris! Keep up the amazing work. [ChrisFinke]
And if you haven’t noticed that character is from a new cartoon strip called Being Five that we are syndicating at the bottom of any AtA page!
_TheTickingAdmiN_
