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How To: Make Firefox faster

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Peter.
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just follow these instructions, and you will notice the difference

http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=tutorial&mode=item&id=13
Jul 22 2007 6:58PM
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comeatmebro
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hmmm i hope this works
Jul 22 2007 6:59PM
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Peter.
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it did for me, i use ad block pro though too
Jul 22 2007 7:00PM
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comeatmebro
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how do you change the two values to "true" and "30"???
Jul 22 2007 7:03PM
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comeatmebro
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nevermind i figured it out
Jul 22 2007 7:03PM
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comeatmebro
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this is sweet, definitely a noticeable difference. good find!!
Jul 22 2007 7:07PM
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Snowcase
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This has been posted before.
Jul 22 2007 7:13PM
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stempy
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nice
Jul 22 2007 7:21PM
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KravtZ
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sooo goooddd now
Jul 22 2007 7:22PM
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Jorgen.
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Thanks alot. Makes it much faster.
Jul 22 2007 7:32PM
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[_KyLe_]
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that is the single most useful tip ive ever gotten, thnx mang
Jul 22 2007 7:36PM
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martin.
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hooray
Jul 22 2007 7:37PM
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Jwenz
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what about safari
Jul 22 2007 7:37PM
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toominator
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chur
Jul 22 2007 7:38PM
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Piste.Off
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what does it mean by filter bar at the top?
Jul 22 2007 7:41PM
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CMF
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^^^ safari sucks my dick, and the windows version is extremely succeptable to crashes.

the mod worked. its faster but not a whole lot.
Jul 22 2007 8:08PM
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eheath
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def works
Jul 22 2007 8:13PM
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Tinga
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thank you!
Jul 22 2007 8:35PM
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garettnorthey
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Yes I too would like to know this.
Jul 22 2007 8:54PM
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martin.
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its just the search bar type right on top of the list of things
Jul 22 2007 9:13PM
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Piste.Off
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what list of things?
Jul 22 2007 9:15PM
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martin.
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it's right on top of the firefox window. Right underneath it says preference name.
Jul 22 2007 9:18PM
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Piste.Off
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maybe yours is differnet but i dont have anything like that
Jul 22 2007 9:21PM
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martin.
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ok give me one sec and I'll get a screen shot
Jul 22 2007 9:23PM
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martin.
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ok right there, if your page doesnt look like that you probably have an older version of Firefox
Jul 22 2007 9:27PM
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Piste.Off
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sorry but no pic
Jul 22 2007 9:28PM
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martin.
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Click for larger image

dammit
Jul 22 2007 9:28PM
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Piste.Off
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i dont have that ill see if i need an update
Jul 22 2007 9:29PM
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Piste.Off
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i just got the newest firefox version and i dont have that
Jul 22 2007 9:32PM
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garettnorthey
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Ohhh you type about:config into the adress bar!...................... haha I typed it into google
Jul 22 2007 9:32PM
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martin.
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weird, I just downloaded firefox today and I have it
Jul 22 2007 9:34PM
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Piste.Off
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okok i got it
Jul 22 2007 9:36PM
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garettnorthey
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I don't think It made mine any faster I think Mine might be slower.....
Jul 22 2007 9:39PM
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R.Z.A.
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nice find dude. vids load tons faster.
Jul 22 2007 9:40PM
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396222687862
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haha, your on myspace
Jul 22 2007 9:43PM
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liukangkid
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thanks
definitly works

Jul 22 2007 9:47PM
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Peter.
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lol

yeah it made mine faster
Jul 22 2007 10:24PM
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2+2=5
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yeah it made mine a lot faster. thanks
Jul 22 2007 10:41PM
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grams.
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sick, i opened up the movie trailer page and it came up sooo quickly, when i first opened the page awhile ago it took at like 5 minutes


but how do i get my firefox back to normal when my dumbass computer gets royally fucked up somehow?
Jul 22 2007 10:50PM
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Tasche
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not true great tip just posting so I can do this on my home computer.
Jul 23 2007 10:20AM
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*Fujative*
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nice!!
Jul 23 2007 10:42AM
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garettnorthey
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Yeah exactly Not noticably slower, but slower
Jul 23 2007 10:10PM
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powderfiend69
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much better, thanks man
Jul 23 2007 10:29PM
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Franny
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Hmmmmmmmmm
Jul 23 2007 10:54PM
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Tinga
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just realized more people could use this.
Jan 7 2010 3:37AM
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Volkl_860
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threads for later
Jan 7 2010 7:45AM
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comeatmebro
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hahah this was back a while ago. damn.
Jan 7 2010 7:56AM
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