Author Topic: Firefox Browser Tweak (Read 904 times)

RedDg · « **on:** January 28, 2005, 12:03:50 PM »

This tweak will disable IPv6 in Firefox, because most (if not all) of the web is still using IPv4.

Open Firefox and type in about:config

Find network.dns.disableIPv6

Double click to toggle it to true and then restart Firefox.

You should notice a speed increase, page to page.

lada · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2005, 12:15:45 PM »

umm ... IMO this will just disable IPv6 query to DNS server.

anyway it works, thx

bustr · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2005, 12:44:16 PM »

RedDog,

Thanks for the tweek. I installed Firefox. I've been getting adware hijacks that kill my game FR almost every time I browse the internet lately. 120FR is what I normally have. The hijacks drop me to about 6-27. Every time I get one I have to go out and find another adware remover to detect it. The current ones don't seem to be able to see the new adware hijack I get after they have cleaned the previous. So besides my paid for McAfee suite I have about 6 freeware cleaners because only one out of all of them might detect what I've caught.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2005, 01:35:33 PM »

What kind of sites do you guys surf on anyway? I never got one so far.

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2005, 01:38:23 PM »

Thanks RedDg!

Sandman · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2005, 02:31:06 PM »

I had always thought that FireFox was just a tad slower than IE... that's the trick. Thanx!

Octavius · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2005, 03:25:19 PM »

Thank you thank you thank you!!

Had annoying and unnecessary pauses everywhere... they = gone!

(<--- uses Mozilla suite)

RedDg · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2005, 07:53:10 PM »

Glad to help

Tarmac · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2005, 09:05:00 PM »

Thanks!

lazs2 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 29, 2005, 10:42:35 AM »

couldn't make firefox work... gives the message that it can't find the server.

lazs

scout · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2005, 11:22:18 AM »

I wish FireFox would scroll faster on a web page (arrow keys).
Can this be tweaked ?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2005, 11:22:49 AM »

excuse the ignorance here but what exactly does this tweek do?

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2005, 01:29:36 PM »

Still can't figure out how to do this.

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #13 on:** January 29, 2005, 01:35:33 PM »

Got it, sweet!

Gunslinger · « **Reply #14 on:** January 29, 2005, 05:02:17 PM »

holey crap thats awsome. Not sure what it did but it's flying now.

BTW, if anyones confused about how to do this Redg is talking about puting about:config in the address bar.