wow..jsut installed Firefox

[Laz.e.rus]

I cant believe how much faster it is.

seriously..wow. I thought our forums were so slow just cuz they are so full. Nope, wasnt the forums.

With FF its jsut click click clik

[Lunk]

Nub. About time you changed over. BTW Crtl + T will open a new tab for tabbed browsing.

[whudats]

Yes.

Welcome.

It's so much better.

Enjoy.

That is all.

 

PS - Check out the extensions too - there are a number of really good ones.

[Laz.e.rus]

working on figuring out how to get quicktime OUT as the default player. I HATE QT. Want it switched to MP but cant find where the option is.

[ZesteR]

update your media player too, lol

[whudats]

working on figuring out how to get quicktime OUT as the default player. I HATE QT. Want it switched to MP but cant find where the option is.

If you go under Tools then Options then File Types in MP, you can select all the files that you want Media Player to be the default player for. You might even be able to have it check to see if it is the default player every time it starts, but I can't remember.

[Cobalt]

working on figuring out how to get quicktime OUT as the default player. I HATE QT. Want it switched to MP but cant find where the option is.

If you go under Tools then Options then File Types in MP, you can select all the files that you want Media Player to be the default player for. You might even be able to have it check to see if it is the default player every time it starts, but I can't remember.

 

 

Alternatively, you can just right click on specific file types select "Open With" then "Choose Program" select Media Player and check "Always use this program to open this type of file."

 

In terms of extensions there is a video one for capturing video from youtube and google which is cool and I also use the google toolbar.

[Cujo]

type about:config in the address bar. then find these three entries:

 

network.http.pipelining

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

network.http.proxy.pipelining

 

set them to:

true

30

true

 

watch it fly!

[stutters]

type about:config in the address bar. then find these three entries:

 

network.http.pipelining

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

network.http.proxy.pipelining

 

set them to:

true

30

true

 

watch it fly!

awesome-o.

 

 

i <3 firefox for it's shortcuts:

ctrl+k = search bar

ctrl+l = address bar

ctrl+tab = switch tabbed window

[akaM2]

for sure all you have to press is "/" then start typing on the most up to date version atleast

[mookie]

working on figuring out how to get quicktime OUT as the default player. I HATE QT. Want it switched to MP but cant find where the option is.

Goto Tools | Options | Downloads | View & Edit Actions.

[stutters]

the | pipes | have | it.

[mookie]

type about:config in the address bar. then find these three entries:

 

network.http.pipelining

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

network.http.proxy.pipelining

 

set them to:

true

30

true

 

watch it fly!

Default max requests 4! Man they must be configuring this thing for dial-up or something. Just set mine to 64 hopefully to make good use of my 10mbps.

[Laz.e.rus]

cool.

3Mbits connex, I set the 3 cujo recommended.

Also, thx, found the change to WMP instead of Quickjunk

[Mr.Cool]

Yes.

Welcome.

It's so much better.

Enjoy.

That is all.

 

PS - Check out the extensions too - there are a number of really good ones.

 

where do u find out the extensions....

[VooDooPC]

Tools | Extensions | Get More Extensions

[Shazz]

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working on figuring out how to get quicktime OUT as the default player. I HATE QT. Want it switched to MP but cant find where the option is.

If you go under Tools then Options then File Types in MP, you can select all the files that you want Media Player to be the default player for. You might even be able to have it check to see if it is the default player every time it starts, but I can't remember.

 

 

Alternatively, you can just right click on specific file types select "Open With" then "Choose Program" select Media Player and check "Always use this program to open this type of file."

 

In terms of extensions there is a video one for capturing video from youtube and google which is cool and I also use the google toolbar.

 

 

Where can I get the extension for ripping youtube and google videos?

[Mr.Cool]

so wut are some of the good extensions?

[EbilDustBunny]

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http://www.gamrs.co/forums/in...showtopic=26521

[Magruter]

type about:config in the address bar. then find these three entries:

 

network.http.pipelining

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

network.http.proxy.pipelining

 

set them to:

true

30

true

 

watch it fly!

 

thanks cujo!!

[Playaa]

cujo, mind explaining what those do? I don't want to screw up the browsing for the rest of my office...

[stutters]

cujo, mind explaining what those do? I don't want to screw up the browsing for the rest of my office...

they screw up browsing for the rest of the office.

 

here's what google told me:

To get started, type "about:config" in your FireFox address bar. The settings you're looking for are:

 

1.) network.http.pipelining

2.) network.http.pipelining.firstrequest

3.) network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

4.) network.http.proxy.pipelining

5.) nglayout.ititialpaint.delay

 

Set #1, #2, and #4 to "true". Set #3 to a high number, like 32. Set #5 to 0.

 

Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The "maxrequests" is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I've heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won't hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.

 

it should be noted that these settings ARE NOT the cause of gamerscoalition.com loading seemingly slow. it is just slow, atm.

[Laz.e.rus]

#2 and #5 dont exist in mine

[appalachian_fox]

cujo, mind explaining what those do? I don't want to screw up the browsing for the rest of my office...

they screw up browsing for the rest of the office.

 

here's what google told me:

To get started, type "about:config" in your FireFox address bar. The settings you're looking for are:

 

1.) network.http.pipelining

2.) network.http.pipelining.firstrequest

3.) network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

4.) network.http.proxy.pipelining

5.) nglayout.ititialpaint.delay

 

Set #1, #2, and #4 to "true". Set #3 to a high number, like 32. Set #5 to 0.

 

Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The "maxrequests" is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I've heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won't hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.

 

Bingo. When your web browser makes a request to a web site, it sends a request for whatever resource you pointed to as a URL: Usually, say, an index.html page. Then, the browser parses the page and finds the resources it needs: Images, scripts, etc. It sends a separate request for each of these.

 

With the trivial case of maxrequests = 1, it grabs each in sequence. With the standard of 4, it will open four "simultaneous" requests with the web server, effectively grabbing four images at once. Increase this and the amount of information you get at once increases as the number of "simultaneous" requests increases. You can see this (by reading through the packets, it happens too quickly to actually "watch" on broadband) by using a protocol analyzer / "packet sniffer" like Ethereal or by looking at web server logs if you have access to any and the logging tool is properly configured, especially if the page has large contents.

 

The total bandwidth used should be the same, though, or at least commensurate: Each request is its own entity, and each request is taking a resource of the same size. Where does the speed-up come from? Perceived performance. The page contents begin to appear faster, which makes a big difference. The fact that you are putting multiple images on the screen at a time, especially if there is any kind of image interlacing going on. The image will start blurry but increase in quality. Think of it as downloading increasingly higher quality thumbnails until you get the full image (that's not right, but it's a good way of generalizing). The more pipelines, the more images appear as soon as you open your page.

 

Also, you get a BIG perceived performance increase if there are any large, low-bandwidth or high-latency sites hosting components, for example, images (say, banner ads) hosted on other sites that are experiencing high traffic. With the trivial one pipeline, once your browser hits that it has to wait until that whole image is downloaded. With 4 pipelines, three other images / components come at you at the same time that the slow component is coming, and when any of those components finish, another one is started. It still takes roughly the same amount of time to bring everything to you, but the stuff appears faster, which means the page renders faster and therefore gets displayed faster.

 

At least, that's the overview as I understand it, in as layman's terms as possible.

 

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt