Browser bumping: What you use and why.

Kokopelli said:

do you mean from about:config setting

network.http.pipelining = true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 50 (or 100 depending on who you ask)

It seems to work in Windows, Mac, and Linux. Definitely helps in Winodws, seems to boost substantially in Mac, less so in Linux (Slack 10.1). I am not entirely certain if it makes a whole lot of difference or if it is just my expecting it to be faster though.

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hi
how to u get into config setting in firefox to speed it up with pipelining etc
kind regards

solidstalin said:

If you use ff in windows, there is a thing you can do (i have a guide on it) that speeds it up 4 times mysteriously...

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yea,it works on mac too, also known to websites, webservers, and webhosts as flooding a site/server and will get your ip banned from many many sites now that theyre cracking down on it. IOW, dont do it.

I used to use Firefox, but I get bored with the status quo a lot. I switched to Safari and am very happy with it. Not one thing wrong with Firefox, but like I said, I get bored.

Heh, I have seen people saying to set it to 200. I have it set at 50 but then again don't use Firefox thus I guess I don't get banned.

EDIT: I think I'll lower it to 5 just in case I start using Firefox again.

While Safari is nice, I prefer Firefox for one reason: click-hold on a link options. This is a great way to open links in a new tab (especially with a one button mouse, besides middle wheel click with a wheel mouse doesn't work).

Im a safari since it was released

Firefox, because of the plugins available, and it's easier to switch back and forth between windows and mac (firefox on both).

I just loaded Camino, it's much faster than FF. I haven't tried the G4-optimized build of Firefox yet, hopefully that will bring the best of both worlds, because Firefox definitely is the slowest browser on my mini.

Definitely Firefox with many extensions Like "Tabbrowser Extensions", "FoxyTunes", "Web Developer", "TargetAlert", "Link Toolbar", "Autofill", "SEOpen"

Graphite said:

Im a safari since it was released

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Same here! And very happy with it!

pretty straight Safari user...FF as a backup then lastly IE. I'm glad I got my friend on to FF on his PC...tabbed browsing is a blessing

I like safari because it's just a web browser...... I'm so tired of all these applications trying to do it all...

I've only used Safari and Firefox though.

I use safari for 99.9% of my web browing and I use Camino for IE oriented sites that Safari disagrees with.

-Chris

Camino

I am a recent switcher so this thread is really interesting to me. As already mentioned - the browsers available to mac users is an important aspect to consider when 'switching'.

As an ex Windows user - I used Firefox - although I 'contracted' the dreaded ...'can't find server' bug. I originally used Safari when my new imac arrived [which I liked] but tried Firefox out of an old curiousity. I don't like it - I know it has extensions and themes - but I felt like I was still using Windows - horrible.

I then tried Omniweb - which I liked but a bit too 'candy' for me. Now I mostly ue Camino. fast, stable and not 'Windows-like'.

I probably would prefer to stick to Safari but it is a little slow compared to Camino.

On windows I use Firefox. Don't own a mac *yet* but will probably use Camino/Safari when I do.

Mike

I've not yet found any reason not to use Safari all the time. The only site I've had problems with is yousendit.com, for sending large email attachments, but this doesn't work in IE on the Mac either.

Firefox, i dont really like Safari, i was thinking about getting Opera once...

I've been using Shiira at late. It's a nice program, try it out.

http://hmdt-web.net/shiira/index-e.html

I have to come out of the closet now as a Camino convert. Safari's memory leaks were beginning to irritate me, so I switched to Camino's optimized builds (http://www.fiberoptikz.tk/~slowmo/Camino.html)

Camino is slightly speedier than Safari (but not quite to the level of Firefox) and it has better cookie handling than Safari as well. I like it.

FIRE FOX i never touch sarfie or ie have you deen to the fire fox extions page lately just look at all the new cool stuff with you browser.