Is there any reason why Mozilla is like 10x faster than IE?

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: Hubris
Only thing is, I wish Firebird had an option so I could make links opening in a new Tab the default. But that's a small thing. Otherwise it's a pretty cool browser.

There are extensions for that. I dunno which one I installed, but now most of my links open in a new tab.

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: Ciber
All the features of Firebird/Mozilla for IE


Yes, i use it. Yes, it rocks.

very sweet, thanks Ciber Will have to D/L when I get home tonight

 

[rh71]

No way in hell is Mozilla faster in IE. And I've been using Mozilla since before 1.0 and have upgraded every step of the way.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: skace

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: skace
Can any of you actually navigate http://www.fileplanet.com from Mozilla?

Yes, without issue.

Strange, my friend downloaded Mozilla and fileplanet looked like crap. He sent me a screenshot of it and it looked a ghetto webpage from 96 with just blue links down the left.

Hmm, yeah that is strange.

FilePlanet in Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1.

 

[Tab]

Huh? Why would anyone want to goto fileplanet? It sucks, I get 150kb/s on gamershell and 70kb/s on 3dgamers. Fileplanet? 30kb/s even when I had a personall server

 

[LordJezo]

I doubt I will ever switch away from IE since it is such a part of Windows. I just type a url into any folder window and it becomes an IE window. It's also loaded into the system so bootup time is virtually 0 with IE. I know I can have mozilla load at startup but thats just another program taking up memory that I don't need.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: LordJezo
I doubt I will ever switch away from IE since it is such a part of Windows. I just type a url into any folder window and it becomes an IE window. It's also loaded into the system so bootup time is virtually 0 with IE. I know I can have mozilla load at startup but thats just another program taking up memory that I don't need.

Yeah, I can't give up the nice IE shortcut of CTRL-ENTER for within the address bar. Too convenient, plus the fact that it loads so quick initially... I don't leave my browser open all day so load time each time has to be QUICK. If any other browsers can do that, I'd switch in a second... BUT THEY DON'T.

 

[Regs]

I use Mozilla and firebird for naughty sites... lol .

Block cookies, stupid dialer programs, Java exploits, and most other advertisement pain in the butt's.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: rh71
I can't give up the nice IE shortcut of CTRL-ENTER for within the address bar.

As in it adds the ".com" for you?

Mozilla does the same.

Ctrl+Enter - .com
Shift+Enter - .net
Shift+Ctrl+Enter - .org

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: Hubris
Only thing is, I wish Firebird had an option so I could make links opening in a new Tab the default. But that's a small thing. Otherwise it's a pretty cool browser.

There are extensions for that. I dunno which one I installed, but now most of my links open in a new tab.

No need for an extension...just press the middle mouse button (or CTRL-left click)...there's a long thread somewhere on the board discussing this one!

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Hubris
Only thing is, I wish Firebird had an option so I could make links opening in a new Tab the default. But that's a small thing. Otherwise it's a pretty cool browser.

There is a way of doing this: type about:config into the url box and hit enter. An alphabetical listing of all available settings will appear. Scroll down to "browser.tabs.opentabfor.anylink" and right click it. Select "modify" and change the value to true. That should do it.

 

[Aharami]

is mozilla better than opera?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: rh71
I can't give up the nice IE shortcut of CTRL-ENTER for within the address bar.

As in it adds the ".com" for you?

Mozilla does the same.

Ctrl+Enter - .com
Shift+Enter - .net
Shift+Ctrl+Enter - .org

I guess you were talking about Firebird... and I just downloaded Firebird... yes it did add the .com (cool)... but it took 9 seconds to load. Is that the best it can do ?!:disgust: Page loads are faster though.

So a few things left keeping me from switching:
- Yahoo Companion to support it (not likely since they don't even support Netscape 6.x+)
- Faster initial load (close/re-open many many many times a day)
- Google Toolbar 2.0

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Windows XP and Mozilla > *

I really hate that notation.

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: skace
Can any of you actually navigate http://www.fileplanet.com from Mozilla?

That site and dpreview.com. Flash isn't available through Mozilla, right?

 

[oog]

Flash does work in firebird. Maybe there is a perceived speed increase with firebird under XP because maybe it loads the structure of the page faster, and then renders all the images. I'm just guessing on this.

 

[sandorski]

I think Mozilla is faster, perhaps not 10x though.

I find it much easier to surf with, as Tabbed browsing greatly reduces dicking around when opening multiple pages.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Rkonster
I see no discernible speed difference. And yes, I have broadband.

Same here. And I'm more familiar with IE than Mozilla/Nutscrape so it just feels better to me.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: wicktron
No noticable speed difference for me, but I like the way it handles things.

 

[leolaw]

Just becasue one is "open" source and the other one is "micro" soft

 

[dighn]

because it's not

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: skace
Can any of you actually navigate http://www.fileplanet.com from Mozilla?

Is this your problem? http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209845