Firefox slow?

[Mayfriday0529]

I made the switch, i been an EI user for years.

anyways it seems that firefox is slow at opening websites, or even if i been to the website already it takes more time than EI to open all the graphics.

also sometimes it cannot to a website and i have to refresh and try again.

anyone else having similar issues?

also is there a different google toolbar that i could use with firefox instead of the small section the right hand corner.

 

[MrChad]

Firefox is slower to load than IE, but web pages come up just as fast (if not faster).

Here is a Google Toolbar extension.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: MrChad
Firefox is slower to load than IE, but web pages come up just as fast (if not faster).

Here is a Google Toolbar extension.

I dont know it seems slower on my case when pages load.

by the way thanks for the link to google toolbar great stuff.

 

[CTho9305]

In my experience, IE is faster. Of course, IE doesn't have the features I use and is a great way to get your machine compromised, so I put up with the performance difference.

 

[Schadenfroh]

look into Optomized FireFox builds

 

[fbrdphreak]

I'm using Slimbrowser, which is a neat multi-tabbed browser (but is still based off IE), but it is definitely slower than IE. I don't care so much about the "security risks" as I have little to "risk" and I keep my system pretty secure otherwise. The thing is that I LIVE off of tabs. Is Firefox the answer? Also, about these optimized builds, does anyone have a direct link to one for an A64 system? I opened Schadenfroh's link and all I saw just confused me
Thanks!

 

[imported_Silo]

I can't really telll any difference in load times between IE and Firefox. The only problem I have with Firefox is that it doesn't load my journal's images properly, but it's not a huge deal. One of my favorite things about Mozilla (Firefox) is the Chatzilla plugin.

 

[KoolDrew]

Get Opera. It is much faster

 

[everman]

You can increase some settings in the about:config file such as pipelining, max connections. These things can really speed up page loads.

 

[ronach]

There is a speed-up cheat on the FF homepage, sry don't remember what it is called tho. My FF is faster than IE.

 

[Nithin]

Try these tips. With pipelining, ad blocking etc, ff is definitely faster.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips

 

[UCJefe]

Or, if you're lazy, get the "Tweak Network Settings" extension from here That will set up all the pipelining with the push of a button. Enjoy.

 

[StevenYoo]

ooh that new google toolbar is nice!

too bad it doesn't have that auto-complete feature that i LOVED about the IE version

 

[Texun]

Originally posted by: Nithin
Try these tips. With pipelining, ad blocking etc, ff is definitely faster.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips

BOOM!!!!!!

It cranks now, Glad I found this thread. Thanks!