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04-Jan-2006, 11:05 AM #541
Oops got it middle click on url or links bar
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LOL what is jerry doing in ur avvy?
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He was a moving Jerry laughing his socks off but the upload mustve cut back a bit lol
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By the way I can access my bank acc details in ie6 but not Firefox any ideas?
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04-Jan-2006, 06:24 PM #545
Firefox works fine for my bank accounts, but some sites must have IE.
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05-Jan-2006, 01:42 PM #546
How to make Firefox Launch Quickly
Hi All,

This is for all of those folks who insist on complaining about how long it takes to launch Firefox.

Here is what I do on my computer (WinXP Pro SP2 w/1GB RAM) to make Firefox 1.5 launch quickly. I also run my OS resident, because I have enough RAM to do so, and also run my applications (apps).

I have about 12-13 or so startup apps, the icons of which I wait for in the system tray so that I know everything is up and running as it should be, i.e. what I expect. The apps are mostly for security, firewall, HIPS, etc., and one of them is the Firefox Preloader.

I am on a dialup account to my ISP, and once all of the startup apps are stable, I can launch FF independently from my ISP login for dialup in a mere 1 second. It displays a Failed to Connect message in the FF window because I am not connected. If I had chosen to dialup and allow the ISP login software to launch FF, then it would have taken much longer, but that is mostly due to the ISP software and not FF taking a dismally long time to launch. As soon as I see a connection displayed, I can use the already launched FF window to go anywhere I tell it to. The ISP login will create another FF window to go to my ISP login Home webpage.

I have noticed, that after I disconnect and try to relaunch FF, at times it doesn't, so its a simple matter to CTRL-ALT-DEL to bring up the Windows Task Manager to kill the firefox process. Then FF Preloader launches a new one, and then I can click on my shortcut to bring up a new FF window (again with the Failed to Connect message).

Being security conscious, I run my browser(s) in either a limited user account or with limited user rights only - I also use IE for Windows Updates only as an Administrator only because MS requires it.

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07-Jan-2006, 09:02 AM #547
Hi, I have the Mozilla browser right now, was thinking of getting Firefox instead. Is the 1.5 the best one?
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07-Jan-2006, 02:21 PM #548
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Hi, I have the Mozilla browser right now, was thinking of getting Firefox instead. Is the 1.5 the best one?
hey treespirit, I just upgraded from FF1.0.7 to FF1.5 yesterday and so far am liking the improvements. I did run into one glitch though because I chose to install over the older version instead of doing a clean install (flame away people .... this is my first FF upgrade that has given me any problems doing it this way) wich resulted in FF not letting me install software from a website (I have always surfed with that feature disabled and aparently because the feature was disabled the upgrade inadvertantly removed it). This ended with me going back and doing a clean install.

Should you decide to get FF1.5 I would strongly recomend getting the only extension I use for it, Adblock Plus. What a joy it is surfing advertisement free. Don't be put off if you don't like the look of FF there's some pretty decent skins available for it I use Noia 2 extreme theme (very cartoonish but I like it)
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07-Jan-2006, 02:35 PM #549
DarqueMist,

you may also enjoy the following extension. a TSG button on the toolbar. very easy to get to the forums.

https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...irefox&id=1235
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07-Jan-2006, 02:49 PM #550
And the adblock plus filterset G updater (with whitelisting).
Also, I like running firetune (a seperate program) to make FF faster.
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07-Jan-2006, 03:34 PM #551
When I download firefox I'll make sure to uninstall Mozilla first And that tsg extension would be great Thanks
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07-Jan-2006, 07:46 PM #552
I using the walnut theme, smooth and easy on the eyes. Hadn't used IE since. Don't have the worry of IE shutting down in the middle of something.
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18-Jan-2006, 03:38 PM #553
Ok, finally got rid of everything Mozilla on my system so I am ready to download firefox. This might sound like a dumb question, but when it gives you the option of save or run, I would want save, right?
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18-Jan-2006, 03:50 PM #554
yupo, save somewhere convienient and run the setup file from there...
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18-Jan-2006, 03:52 PM #555
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