Archive for the ‘Firefox’ Category
Firefox slow on Ubuntu 10.04
If your Firefox is sluggish on on Ubuntu 10.04 this might help. Fire up Firefox and type “about:config” in the URL bar. That will bring up the config page. Search for the lines below and change them accordingly to reflect the changes below. – network.http.pipelining > Make it True – network.http.pipelining.maxrequests > Make it 8 [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 released
Mozilla today released Firefox 3.6.3. It’s a security fix so make sure you get updated ASAP The release fixes a bug which could allow a attacker to remotely execute code. Read the Release Notes and download it.
Disable IPv6 in Firefox 3
Firefox 3 by default resolves IPv6 address first and if that fails then reverts to IPv4. This can sometimes slow down your browser’s performance. Here are the steps to turn off IPv6 support in Firefox 3 and above. 1. Key in “about:config” into address bar, this will take you to the config page. 2. Key [...]
Firefox 3.5.6 released
Firefox 3.5.6 is out. Changes in this release are security and stability related so make sure you get updated ASAP.
My first 3 Google Chrome extensions
Finally installed Google Chrome 4.0 Dev Channel today. Up until recently my top 3 Firefox extensions have never played nice with Chrome. Taking them for a spin now. 1. LastPass – Best password manager ever! [ DOWNLOAD ] 2. Xmarks – My favorite bookmark sync tool.[ DOWNLOAD ALPHA ] 3. Feedly – My favorite news aggregator. Magazine style! [ DOWNLOAD ]
