Firefox 3.5

[rockymtnhigh]

Just tweaked FF3.5 and it definitely seems a bit faster.

 

[bhawley]

Anyone successfully using Cooliris with 3.5? I get a memory error message.

 

[ab187]

Anyone successfully using Cooliris with 3.5? I get a memory error message.

Working fine for me; Version 1.11.1 on XP.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I have to say, that tweak really seems to work; maybe its in my head, but everything just seems zippy.

 

[DodgerKing]

I have to say, that tweak really seems to work; maybe its in my head, but everything just seems zippy.

It is much faster. Some website, like the Dodgers site, used to load each item separately and it took a few seconds for everything to pop up. Now every opens up pretty much instantaneously.

 

[Rey]

I have to say, that tweak really seems to work; maybe its in my head, but everything just seems zippy.

maybe a little of both

 

[rockymtnhigh]

maybe a little of both

Yeah, probably.

My friend just tried it on his mac, and he said it had similar "zippy" results; although he has also complained that 3.5 on the mac has been pretty unstable for him.

 

[long_time_DNC]

With the "zippy" way that 3.0 is performing with that tweak, I see no need/reason to upgrade to 3.5 until/unless it becomes more stable/useful than 3.0...

 

[Foxbat]

Yeah, probably.

My friend just tried it on his mac, and he said it had similar "zippy" results; although he has also complained that 3.5 on the mac has been pretty unstable for him.

I've been running FF 3.5 on my Mac Pro for a week now and I'd say it's as stable as any previous version. Pages do seem to "pop" up faster, but I'm going to try Watusi's speed-up suggestion to see if it makes a difference on Engadget (always seems slower than this site by a mile.)

 

[Tampa8]

Guys never mind 3.5 for the time being , 3.0 can be sped up by doing this guarantee to work.

Speed Up FireFox
This is an article on How to Tweak Firefox for Faster Browsing. Your browser might be set for Dial-Up and you don't even know it.

1. Open your Firefox browser.

2. Type "about:config" into the address bar and press enter.

3. The page it takes you to should look similar to this picture and now you should type "network" into the Filter input box. No need to press enter it will automatically update and then you need to scroll down until you see "network.http.pipelining". Note that it is alphabetical order.

4. If the value for "network.http.pipelining" is set to false double click and it will change to true. If it is already set to true please move on to the next step.

5. Now double click "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and you should have an input box pull up. You are going to want to change the value to "10" and then click "Ok"

6. Now you are done. Type whatever URL you want into the address bar and watch Firefox load faster. Enjoy!

WOW much faster after that change on 3.0. Thanks. 3.5 isn't compatible with hardly any of my extensions or themes so especially with this tweak I can wait to update.

 

[Foxbat]

Click on "Firefox 3.5 new exploit - confirmed" to read about the Firefox 3.5 Security Exploit. Firefox on my Mac just blows up (fills out a bug report) when I try running a sample exploited HTML file.

 

[navychop]

Anyone want to bet how long it will take them to fix it? Say, a hundred times faster than MS fixes their problems?

 

[KAB]

Anyone want to bet how long it will take them to fix it? Say, a hundred times faster than MS fixes their problems?

I thought they just fix the fix.

 

[Foxbat]

Anyone want to bet how long it will take them to fix it? Say, a hundred times faster than MS fixes their problems?

It's ready now. FF 3.5 users should check for updates (mine checked automatically) and the new version doesn't have the Java Font vulnerability.

 

[Voyager6]

It's ready now. FF 3.5 users should check for updates (mine checked automatically) and the new version doesn't have the Java Font vulnerability.

Yep, just got the 3.5.1 update.

 

[Foxbat]

And yet, 3.5.1 will soon be 3.5.2 due to this: Mozilla Comments on Firefox 3.5.1 issue

 

[Watusi]

Guys am glad all you got it working, a'l post further info on some other tweaks.

 

[twizt3dsist3r]

Im running 3.5.1 with no noticeable problems, but then again, I dont use any extensions.

 

[ab187]

Surprisingly, on Win 7 IE8 seems to be about as fast as Firefox 3.5. Though I still prefer Firefox because of Adblock, it is a welcomed improvement for the times I am forced to use IE.

 

[cubfan74]

is anyone having trouble with the "server not found error"? I did some searching and found some info on it, but cannot seem to fix it.