slower browsing

[Bender222]

I have found that osx web browsing is slower then I am used on windows. I found a solution , turn on dns caching and use Cisco public servers. everything is fast now it is turned off by default. there is a mac os hints article deailing how o do it. just google it.

 

[TheStu]

Using what browser?
Wireless or Wired?
What version of OS X are you using?

This could be helpful information, why not just link the article?

 

[Bender222]

Im using Firefox. Im wired and behind a router. Im on leopard

 

[TheStu]

Well, from what I have read, Firefox on Leopard is not all that can be desired. IIRC, they released a new version recently that adds leopard compatibility, but I am not sure if that fixed all the issues that they were apparently having. We can disregard the fact that I don't like Firefox on OS X which is well known around here.

 

[Bender222]

the slowness isnt browser specific. its specific to osX so this will speed up all browsers

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Browsing on OSX is never slow for me.

 

[Bender222]

hmmm, mIm not so sure that fixed it. ZI have noticed longer page load times in osx regardless of browser . nothing in my network has changed since i got leopard.

 

[warmodder]

This is a good tip because browsing is ridiculously slow sometimes. I also don't really like firefox on osx as much as I did on windows although I don't really know why. I use it still though cause it works a great deal better than safari, but it isn't perfect

 

[warmodder]

Speeding up your browser.

 

[warmodder]

Just a little side not, I did this and ymmv. It slowed down my browser and I ended up undoing it. Strangely it works faster now...

 

[pinktank]

firefox is not intel mac optimized, get the optimized build at beatnikpad.com, it is immensely faster. and no, I'm no affiliate

 

[HermDogg]

Personally I use Camino ? has adblock/pop-up blocking, built on the Mozilla codebase. Will try the speeding up browsing to see if it helps, though.