I was a die hard MyIE2 fan until I tried Firefox.... no popups, no spyware, no security holes, and it's nice and fast with TONS of features. Definetly try it out and see what you think. Firefox 0.9.2 Download Links Windows Version Mac OS X Version Linux Version Homepage -> click here Extensions (install one at a time, close and re-open firefox after each install) Google Toolbar - no browser can go without a google toolbar IE View - stumble across an IE specific page? right click and IE view Ad Block - allows you to right click on an ad and remove it forever! Dictionary Search - gives you a right-click dictionary search! Gmail Notifier - monitors your gmail account and tells you if you if you get new mail BBCode Menu - Give you BBCode built into your browser menu's Tab Browser Extensions - Set the options as follows for a good setup almost identical to MyIE2 this will make bookmarks open in new tabs (thanks to winter hill gang) Tab Browser Preferences - also has a few nice tabbing features Advanced Users: Firefox Tweaks Type "about:config" in the adress field. Set the value of network.http.pipelining boolean "true" Set the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests integer 100 Set the value of network.http.proxy.pipelining boolean "true" network.http.max-connections integer 60 network.http.max-connections-per-server integer 32 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy integer 16 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server integer 8 Optimized CPU specific builds: http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/ TO REMOVE THE DEFAULT GOOGLE TOOLBAR on the menu View | Toolbars | Customize then: Lemme know what you think Installing Java via XPI (Extension) http://java.mozdev.org/java_xpis/ Custom quick searches
Been using it for a few days now. Once I got used to configuring the damn thing, it works really well. It's teh new h0tness!
Baaaam!1 just set up the new PC tonight & this'll fit perfectly on it!! Thanks for remindin me Boots! OK! to bad Windows doesn't recognize any of those files! least mine don't! wadda I gotta do here Bootsy?
The BugMeNot feature is the best feature for me with firefox. For any site that requires a user/pass, you right click and choose BugMeNot. It connects to a database and searches for a username and pass for the site you're on. I haven't tried it with porn sites, but it works great for sports sites (ie. espn insider)
It doesn't work all that great with the sites i visit (meaning that once i go back to the page the ads come back). Still a great feature though.
Still seems alot slower loadin pages than IE though! specially when Flashpacks & whatnot are involved! see what happens! I think I might stick with IE though
Wow. Good writeup. Thanks. Does anyone know where I can find the dictionary, ebay, google, yahoo, IMDB search bar extension package? I had it for firefox 0.8 but now it's gone
I installed this last night ... there are some definite cool features ... Although I agree with a few others that it seems slower to load
two questions... can gmail log in each time without clicking the gmail notifier and can the same thing be done with outlook.