FireFox - Is it good?

another reason firefox is the best browser out there

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/25317

Its heavy user and open source developer community will make it update faster than any other browser. Plus how firefox implements and downloads security updates in the background also makes it get updates out to its users faster.
 
I think firefox rendering engine is still the best. it loads the page quickly (what I mean is launching speed, not connection speed), while IE is slow a little bit. Firefox is got some good theme and uses extension which is really easy to install.
 
I only use it because IE7 does not seem to want to work properly on my system, and i have all my bookmarks and whatnot.
 
i use opera, i like the tabbing system more than on firefox. i used IE for the longest time, switched to firefox, then like a week later i downloaded opera and i havnt gone back. the only issue i have with it is in one of the forums im a regular at, the advanced reply page is basic with none of the buttons to automatically bold or italicise, so i have to type the bbcode in. also, for some odd reason on that site i have to put <br> in instead of entering, i have no clue why, it works in firefox. but its still not that big of an issue for me.
 
aad_lfcfn said:
I think firefox rendering engine is still the best. it loads the page quickly (what I mean is launching speed, not connection speed), while IE is slow a little bit. Firefox is got some good theme and uses extension which is really easy to install.
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Actually in benchmarks Firefox is the slowest of the bunch.
 
i use interent 6, and i had tried switching to firefowx but i found it annyoning to download files, did i just miss something, cause i tried just clicking the link and it wouldnt do anything
 
well, to those who say IE is faster than firefox, have you done this yet? type about:config in the address bar, hit enter. search for "network.http.pipelining" toggle that to "true" then search for "network.http.proxy.pipelining" and toggle that to "true". now search for "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" nd set that number to something 50 or above, it doesnt matter, just set it above 50. Lastly, right click anywhere and select "new" then "interger" and name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and then set the value to "0". you will notice a great increase in speed.
 
Or you can just use fasterfox, which makes it even faster than those tweaks. And also tells you exactly how long it takes to display a page. (this page took 1.483 seconds)
 
Bobo said:
Or you can just use fasterfox, which makes it even faster than those tweaks. And also tells you exactly how long it takes to display a page. (this page took 1.483 seconds)
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Fasterfox is the tweak I was referring to, it is the most common of the extensions that tweak your network/browser settings for faster rendering, it took me 1.41 seconds to bring up the reply page on this forum.
 
I made so much fun of a friend of mine for using Firefox untill I messed up my laptop and had to have a buddy fix it, he put IE7 and firefox on here and I absolutely hate IE7 so I started using firefox and I love it, nothing better
 
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