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post #21 of 60
12/15/04 at 11:33pm
How do you delete a key? I messed up the type of 'nglayout'.
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post #22 of 60
12/16/04 at 2:51pm
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I would assume click on it and hit the delete button. All in all, all of these setting you are doing utlimately get written back to the system registry. You could always do a regedit and remove it there.
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post #23 of 60
12/16/04 at 2:57pm
Is it possible to transfer my favorites from IE to firefox?
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post #24 of 60
12/16/04 at 3:09pm
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Yes, when you install Firefox, it ask you do you want to import your favorite.
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post #25 of 60
12/16/04 at 3:10pm
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You could also go to BookMark -> Manage BookMarks -> File -> Import
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post #26 of 60
12/16/04 at 3:15pm
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Originally Posted by smilepak
You could also go to BookMark -> Manage BookMarks -> File -> Import
thx smilepak!! im sick of IE i got that damn "about:blank" homepage hijacker . Time to switch to firefox.
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post #27 of 60
12/16/04 at 5:18pm
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Originally Posted by SiNiSt3R
thx smilepak!! im sick of IE i got that damn "about:blank" homepage hijacker . Time to switch to firefox.
Download Adaware or some spyware program. It sound like a spy jack.
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post #28 of 60
12/17/04 at 1:27am
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Originally Posted by smilepak
I would assume click on it and hit the delete button. All in all, all of these setting you are doing utlimately get written back to the system registry. You could always do a regedit and remove it there.

i believe they are held in the chrome folder.. if you have a problem just remove the profile and start again.. make sure you grab your bookmarks.
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post #29 of 60
12/17/04 at 2:02am
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Originally Posted by smilepak
I would assume click on it and hit the delete button. All in all, all of these setting you are doing utlimately get written back to the system registry. You could always do a regedit and remove it there.
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Originally Posted by h00ligan
i believe they are held in the chrome folder.. if you have a problem just remove the profile and start again.. make sure you grab your bookmarks.
Actually all these changes are made in the pref.js or user.js file in the "profile folder" <http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#profile>. The system registry is not touched.

You cannot delete keys from about:config. I had to go to the pref.js and modify (delete) it from there.
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post #30 of 60
12/17/04 at 12:55pm
I wonder how vulnerable my computer is to spyware now
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post #31 of 60
12/17/04 at 3:06pm
wow, noticed a difference in the load up time

thanks for the info
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post #32 of 60
12/23/04 at 4:04am
smilepak: that has to be one of the best things that has happened to me since sliced bread
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post #33 of 60
12/23/04 at 1:59pm
I use a processor et. all optimized version of Mozilla.

its an interesting build which has been working amazing for me!

http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/releasebuilds.htm

ps. I am not advertising
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post #34 of 60
12/23/04 at 2:41pm
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Word!
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post #35 of 60
12/24/04 at 12:19am
Wow!

Thanks Smilepak.

Invaluable resource! What a difference
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post #36 of 60
12/24/04 at 12:32am

corp rollout

I'm interested in a corporate roll-out write-up if you're working on one.

Otherwise, interesting tweaks.
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post #37 of 60
12/24/04 at 3:04am
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Originally Posted by lcohen999
I use a processor et. all optimized version of Mozilla.

its an interesting build which has been working amazing for me!

http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/releasebuilds.htm

ps. I am not advertising
Very cool, I definitely see a difference between this version of Thunderbird and the offical mozilla.org version.

FF seems the same speed, but it was fast to begin with, so no complaints.

Thx for the link.


^_^_^
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post #38 of 60
12/30/04 at 9:15am
I'm going to have to be the voice in the wilderness again. I've used the tweaks as suggested and they do seem to improve the performance of Firefox versus un-tweaked Firefox.

However, I still get slowdowns from Firefox that I used to blame on my internet connection, until I switch over to Explorer only to find that pages load just fine.

I have a CPU monitor on my desktop, and every now and again Firefox whacks it up to 100% and stays there.

I love the concept of Firefox. I love tabs. I love the minimization of spyware. I love it not being from Microsoft. Firefox is my default browser. But it just seems that Explorer is faster.

I've had the same impressions over both of my lappies, so I'm at a loss to explain why I am underwhelmed with the speed of Firefox while everyone else seems so impressed.

Cheers

Steve
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post #39 of 60
12/30/04 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by sfdoddsy
I'm going to have to be the voice in the wilderness again. I've used the tweaks as suggested and they do seem to improve the performance of Firefox versus un-tweaked Firefox.

However, I still get slowdowns from Firefox that I used to blame on my internet connection, until I switch over to Explorer only to find that pages load just fine.

I have a CPU monitor on my desktop, and every now and again Firefox whacks it up to 100% and stays there.

I love the concept of Firefox. I love tabs. I love the minimization of spyware. I love it not being from Microsoft. Firefox is my default browser. But it just seems that Explorer is faster.

I've had the same impressions over both of my lappies, so I'm at a loss to explain why I am underwhelmed with the speed of Firefox while everyone else seems so impressed.

Cheers

Steve

Speed sacrificed for security. Ever been the victim of an IE hijack or a system shut down only to reinstall the OS?


Besides, give it time and Firefox will improve.

I don't recall anyone saying Firefox's faster than IE.
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post #40 of 60
12/30/04 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by Jack_Burton
Very cool, I definitely see a difference between this version of Thunderbird and the offical mozilla.org version.

FF seems the same speed, but it was fast to begin with, so no complaints.

Thx for the link.


^_^_^
no problem

enjoy!
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