# Firefox: Double your Internet Speed **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728 "2007-09-30T12:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evolved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Evolved](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evolved)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/1 "2007-09-30T12:21:41Z")
An old trick I thought I would post. Essentially, you can make Firefox work a great deal faster with this. Here is a simple one minute video with the steps. > **[FireFox Tweak EP 1](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/521388/firefox_tweak_ep_1/)** > > FireFox Tweak EP 1 ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/2 "2007-09-30T12:53:32Z")
> [@4th Annual Southtown's Scavenger Hunt - Saturday September 8th, 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4th-annual-southtowns-scavenger-hunt-saturday-september-8th-2007/32456/41): > > An old trick I thought I would post. > > Essentially, you can make Firefox work a great deal faster with this. > > Here is a simple one minute video with the steps. > > [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/521388...ox\_tweak\_ep\_1/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/521388...ox_tweak_ep_1/) Linky no worky But if this is the “trick” i’m thinking of it increases the amount of load put on a server by horrendous amounts…doesn’t make people like whitey & other website owners too happy ---
**Author:** ![Evolved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Evolved](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evolved)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/3 "2007-09-30T13:03:26Z")
> [@Shark Week](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shark-week/32744/9): > > Linky no worky > > But if this is the “trick” i’m thinking of it increases the amount of load put on a server by horrendous amounts…doesn’t make people like whitey & other website owners too happy Thanks I fixed it. As far as server load. Yes this is the fix you are thinking of. But unless you’re still running a website on a 486(dx2 even) with 16 megs of ram the load increase shouldn’t be a factor. However if you are worried about it set the maxrequests to 8. 30 is overkill. ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/4 "2007-10-01T06:55:55Z")
> [@Went to the track tonight, new best times](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/went-to-the-track-tonight-new-best-times/32716/24): > > Thanks I fixed it. As far as server load. Yes this is the fix you are thinking of. But unless you’re still running a website on a 486(dx2 even) with 16 megs of ram the load increase shouldn’t be a factor. However if you are worried about it set the maxrequests to 8. 30 is overkill. Have you tried the “fasterfox” plug in for firefox yet? ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/5 "2007-10-01T07:42:30Z")
> [@FS: 2005 RR EVO 8 \*\*PICS\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2005-rr-evo-8-pics/26945/106): > > Have you tried the “fasterfox” plug in for firefox yet? sounds interesting, elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![TwoFortySX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twofortysx/32/6014_2.png) [@TwoFortySX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoFortySX)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/6 "2007-10-01T07:44:50Z")
> [@Open Call Out](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/open-call-out/32317/96): > > sounds interesting, elaborate? [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1269) ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/7 "2007-10-01T07:52:03Z")
^^^thanks, loading it now. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/8 "2007-10-01T09:56:53Z")
welcome to 5 years ago. That has been around for a long time and you can do the same thing with IE in the registry. IE\>Firefox ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/9 "2007-10-01T10:06:31Z")
> [@Where is the Cheapest Movie Theater?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-is-the-cheapest-movie-theater/32777/2): > > IE\>Firefox BAHAHAHAHA. If you talking about how IE can understand garbage language then yes. And how it interprets code wrong then your also correct. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/10 "2007-10-01T10:13:00Z")
> [@Where is the Cheapest Movie Theater?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-is-the-cheapest-movie-theater/32777/4): > > BAHAHAHAHA. > > If you talking about how IE can understand garbage language then yes. And how it interprets code wrong then your also correct. and how 10/10 websites work with IE and only 7/10 work with firefox. and copied or not, the tabbed browsing in IE is every bit as good as firefox. so yea, if you want a browser that will actually open up the webpages, go with IE. ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/11 "2007-10-01T11:09:50Z")
> [@Dumb Criminal of the day](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-criminal-of-the-day/32758/4): > > and how 10/10 websites work with IE and only 7/10 work with firefox. Welcome to 5 years ago. I can’t remember the last time I used IE. There was a time when 1 out of 10 sites wouldn’t open in FF, but that hasn’t happened to me in 2007, maybe not even in 2006. ---
**Author:** ![TwoFortySX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twofortysx/32/6014_2.png) [@TwoFortySX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoFortySX)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/12 "2007-10-01T11:14:26Z")
I just use the IE TAB add-on for firefox. When a site doesnt work just add it to the IE tab and its all good. [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419) ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/13 "2007-10-01T11:14:57Z")
I never have a problem with Firefox. Loads faster than IE7 and isn’t nearly as gaudy looking. Tabbed browsing has been around for years. It took IE up until 2007 to implement? ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/14 "2007-10-01T11:17:22Z")
> [@Anyone here? (14 year old killed street racing)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-here-14-year-old-killed-street-racing/32752/25): > > Welcome to 5 years ago. > > I can’t remember the last time I used IE. There was a time when 1 out of 10 sites wouldn’t open in FF, but that hasn’t happened to me in 2007, maybe not even in 2006. hp csn doesn’t work with firefox and numerous other sites that I use for my job. As far as browsing around myspace and such, I am sure firefox is fine. But I cannot use it for work, so I don’t use it anytime. ie\>firefox 😃 ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/15 "2007-10-01T11:18:43Z")
> [@FS: D series transmission, Crx door & interior](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-d-series-transmission-crx-door-interior/32501/8): > > I never have a problem with Firefox. Loads faster than IE7 and isn’t nearly as gaudy looking. > > Tabbed browsing has been around for years. It took IE up until 2007 to implement? my IE runs just as fast as firefox congrats to mozilla for using firefox before IE, 🍪 tabs in IE are just as good as tabs in firefox ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/16 "2007-10-01T12:22:41Z")
> [@Number of people that loved the 1993 mustang mach 3 concept - ONE ... so he built one](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/number-of-people-that-loved-the-1993-mustang-mach-3-concept-one-so-he-built-one/32740/15): > > hp csn doesn’t work with firefox and numerous other sites that I use for my job. > > As far as browsing around myspace and such, I am sure firefox is fine. But I cannot use it for work, so I don’t use it anytime. > > ie\>firefox 😃 Some of the stuff I log into for work actually gave me security errors in IE, it would work, just gave me a bunch of warnings/errors, but was flawless in Firefox. I guess we’re in similar situations, but each with a different browser. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/17 "2007-10-01T12:26:06Z")
this thread sucks… 1. this info is 9 years old… thanks for hte trip down memory lane 2. the argument over firefox and ie is dumb… firefox is opensource so the apis for all the awesome-o blogs and junk ass feeds can be written into the browser so that it can interpret it… big deal… these are still headered browsers and are still just mediums for veiwing teh intarweb… who honestly cares… firefox’s delay and inability to pass unc paths is teh lose ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/18 "2007-10-01T18:36:15Z")
> [@Dumb Criminal of the day](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-criminal-of-the-day/32758/4): > > and how 10/10 websites work with IE and only 7/10 work with firefox. > and copied or not, the tabbed browsing in IE is every bit as good as firefox. > > so yea, if you want a browser that will actually open up the webpages, go with IE. Tabbed browsing is slower in IE compared to firefox, user agent switcher or the IE tab add-on fix this 7/10 problem you speak of. Firefox\>IE ---
**Author:** ![Blazin\_Si](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Blazin\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blazin_Si)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/19 "2007-10-03T05:36:58Z")
> [@Dumb Criminal of the day](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-criminal-of-the-day/32758/4): > > and how 10/10 websites work with IE and only 7/10 work with firefox. > and copied or not, the tabbed browsing in IE is every bit as good as firefox. > > so yea, if you want a browser that will actually open up the webpages, go with IE. IE opens more sites because web designers and programmers create their sites around the fact that IE holds the largest share of the market. They purposely interpret code differently so that it won’t display correctly on other browsers. This discourages people from using Firefox, Safari etc… The World Wide Web Consortium sets standards and M$ does what they can to put their spin on things. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728/20 "2007-10-03T06:08:24Z")
> [@Rocky's Pizza Review - WINGS OMG!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rockys-pizza-review-wings-omg/32024/183): > > IE opens more sites because web designers and programmers create their sites around the fact that IE holds the largest share of the market. > > They purposely interpret code differently so that it won’t display correctly on other browsers. This discourages people from using Firefox, Safari etc… > > The World Wide Web Consortium sets standards and M$ does what they can to put their spin on things. exactly IE\>\*.browser [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-double-your-internet-speed/192728.md?page=2)