I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims of
firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older, 650Mhz, 126ram
machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas firefox 1.5 still takes
some time to load and display.

Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
loading speed of firefox?

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Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:

> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims
> of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older,
> 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas
> firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load and display.
>
> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
> loading speed of firefox?
>
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/

--
Mike

The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life.
- George Carlin

In article <Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims of
> firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older, 650Mhz, 126ram
> machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas firefox 1.5 still takes
> some time to load and display.
>
> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
> loading speed of firefox?

Firefox is very slow, perhaps the slowest of them all. You might just
keep it loaded all the time and minimize it when not in use. That's
what I do. Also, K-Meleon is there too, and it's much faster to load,
more like IE.

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Mike Andrade wrote:
> Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:
>
>> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims
>> of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older,
>> 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas
>> firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load and display.
>>
>> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
>> loading speed of firefox?
>>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/
>

There's the Fasterfox extension. I've not used it personally. User
comments appear to be generally favorable. YMMV.

https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox

"Mike Andrade" <don'(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns9763C713DDB91maboxinvalid@216.77.188.18...
> Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:
>
>> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims
>> of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older,
>> 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas
>> firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load and display.
>>
>> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
>> loading speed of firefox?
>>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/

Seconded. IE starts quickly because most of it is already loaded in memory
by the OS. The FF Preloader does this for Firefox so it starts up just as
fast.


--
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Usable Freeware -- www.usablefreeware.com

In article <FFcGf.356250$tl.306471@pd7tw3no>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> "Mike Andrade" <don'(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns9763C713DDB91maboxinvalid@216.77.188.18...
> > Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:
> >
> >> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims
> >> of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older,
> >> 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas
> >> firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load and display.
> >>
> >> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
> >> loading speed of firefox?
> >>
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/
>
> Seconded. IE starts quickly because most of it is already loaded in memory
> by the OS. The FF Preloader does this for Firefox so it starts up just as
> fast.

Does this work with any version of Firefox? I notice it's about a year
old now.

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Kerodo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> In article <FFcGf.356250$tl.306471@pd7tw3no>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> "Mike Andrade" <don'(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9763C713DDB91maboxinvalid@216.77.188.18...
>> > Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> > news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:
>> >
>> >> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and
>> >> claims of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my
>> >> older, 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost
>> >> instantly, whereas firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load
>> >> and display.
>> >>
>> >> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase
>> >> the loading speed of firefox?
>> >>
>> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/
>>
>> Seconded. IE starts quickly because most of it is already loaded
>> in memory by the OS. The FF Preloader does this for Firefox so
>> it starts up just as fast.
>
> Does this work with any version of Firefox? I notice it's about a
> year old now.
>
Works with the latest FF.

--
Mike

People who say they don't care what people think are usually
desperate to have people
think they don't care what people think. - George Carlin

In article <Xns9763DC82A3922maboxinvalid@216.77.188.18>, don'(E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Kerodo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > In article <FFcGf.356250$tl.306471@pd7tw3no>,
> > (E-Mail Removed) says...
> >> "Mike Andrade" <don'(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:Xns9763C713DDB91maboxinvalid@216.77.188.18...
> >> > Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> >> > news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:
> >> >
> >> >> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and
> >> >> claims of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my
> >> >> older, 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost
> >> >> instantly, whereas firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load
> >> >> and display.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase
> >> >> the loading speed of firefox?
> >> >>
> >> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/
> >>
> >> Seconded. IE starts quickly because most of it is already loaded
> >> in memory by the OS. The FF Preloader does this for Firefox so
> >> it starts up just as fast.
> >
> > Does this work with any version of Firefox? I notice it's about a
> > year old now.
> >
> Works with the latest FF.

Ok, thanks..

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Kerodo

DaVinci <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<news:(E-Mail Removed)>:

> There's the Fasterfox extension. I've not used it personally.
> User comments appear to be generally favorable. YMMV.
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox

I haven't used it either. FWIW, some people have raised some pretty
serious concerns about what it does.

<http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/11/28/fasterfox-when-firefox-extensions-go-bad>

or <http://tinyurl.com/9n4q9>

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Howard Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:Xns9763A7601CC4Ahowardbcaliforniacom@38.119.71.210:

> I continue to be frustrated by the continuing promises and claims
> of firefox, that this version will load faster. On my older,
> 650Mhz, 126ram machine, IE still loads almost instantly, whereas
> firefox 1.5 still takes some time to load and display.
>
> Is there something extra users like myself can do to increase the
> loading speed of firefox?
>
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/

Microcrap have been lying to us for years.

IE loads very fast. :-) with a preload of its dll's

If you want the fastest loading programs then I suggest you stay with MIcrojunk.