Download and install Mozilla Firefox 3.0 from www.mozilla.com. It is better than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. You can download version 3.0.13 at http://www.oldversion.com
Perhaps, you can try the new version of Firefox 3.5, I got problems with some add-ons.
However, not all plugins for F3.0 are supported by this beta version.
Just remember, when you install F3.5, change the default folder to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
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TWEAK MOZILLA SETTINGS
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Address bar=> about:config
boolean: true or false
integer: number
string: (only for useragent.overide)
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Add the key if it does exist yet
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browser.blink_allowed = false
browser.cache.disk.capacity = 65536
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl = true
browser.cache.memory.capacity = 65536
browser.display.show_image_placeholders = false
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs = true
content.interrupt.parsing = true
content.max.tokenizing.time = 1
content.maxtextrun = 4095
content.notify.backoffcount = 1
content.notify.interval = 500000
content.notify.ontimer =true
content.switch.threshold = 750000
dom.disable_window_flip = true
dom.disable_window_move_resize = true
dom.disable_window_open_feature.close = true
general.useragent.override = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.9)
image.animation_mode = once
network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout = 60
network.http.keep-alive.timeout = 30
network.http.max-connections = 24
network.http.max-connections-per-server = 24
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy = 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 16
network.http.pipelining = true
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest = true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 10
network.http.proxy.pipelining = true
network.http.request.max-start-delay = 5
network.http.connect.timeout = 30
network.dnsCacheExpiration = 3600
network.dnsCacheEntries =1024
network.prefetch-next = false
nglayout.initialpaint.delay = 0
plugin.expose_full_path = true
ui.submenuDelay = 0
config.trim_on_minimize =true
browser.turbo.enabled=true
browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo=3
browser.sessionstore.interval=30000
browser.sessionhistory.max_entries = 10
browser.sessionhistory.max_viewers = 3
browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone -= false (to disable the built-in anti-virus)
browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete = false (disable notifications after downloading)
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Recommended ADDS-ONS for Firefox
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www.mozilla.com; click Add-on
PlainOldFavorites click (You can use directly IE’s Favourites in Firefox)
IE Tab click (Switch to IE engine if necessary)
PDF Download click (many extra options to view or download pdf)
Foxlingo click (word or webpage translator from a language to another)
AdBlock Plus click (block annoying pop-ups)
Autoshutdown click (shut down your automatically after a download)
Fasterfox click (tweak settings, use Custom)
Download youtube videos in HD and MP4 click (download high quality video in *.mp4 format or HD)
PDFit click (o convert current page to image file, or PDF format(image to pdf), during the page to image conversion process, user can apply some image filters( for example,rotate,reflection…,)
…….. optional add-ons…..
Fast Video Download click (Download video files from popular sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Break.com and more.)
Embedded Objects click (Download embedded content on a web page – inside embed, applet, object and bgsound tags.)
NetVideoHunter click (download online videos)
Flash Video Resources Downloader click (download flv movie format)
Webshot click (to capture screen shots of web pages).
FacePAD click (Facebook Photo Album Downloader)
ImageGrabber click (An extension to grab images which are protected through an invisible foreground image just like flickr. The default download folder is C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Downloads)
Form Control Context Menu click (Displays the context menu on form elements such as buttons and drop-down boxes)
Image Host Grabber click Click (Downloads all the images hosted on many of the popular free image hosts like imagefaps, imagefam, imagaeavenue, imageshack and many other.)
Page Scavenger click (Page Scavenger is a simple .NET application designed to allow easy downloading of images hosted on free image services via the links posted on web pages. For example, there are many message boards that host image links to celebrity photos where the celebrity photos are actually hosted on free image hosting services such as ImageShack, ImageVenue and any of many more.
- Enter the name: extension.checkUpdateSecurity
- Set the value to false)
Skipscreen click (Skips unnecessary pages on sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, zShare, Mediafire, and more.)
Megaupload Time Attack click (Instantly auto-start and download the files, and captcha is easier to fill out!)
Cleeki click (Cleeki is Firefox’s superior alternative to IE8 Accelerators. Select any text, and you can search/share/publish immediately and preview results in the same page. Support Google, YouTube, Amazon, FaceBook, Digg, etc. and you can add your own channels.)
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Recommended SEARCH ENGINES for Firefox
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www.mozilla.com; click Add-on, click SEARCH ENGINES
Yahoo
Google
Wikipedia
Merriam-Webster dictionary
BBC News
USAToday
ESPN
Flickr Tags
Youtube
Rapidshare
Dictionary/Thesaurus (link)
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Recommended Plugins for Firefox
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www.mozilla.com; click Add-on, click PLUGINS
Flash player click
Shockwave player click
Adobe Acrobat Reader click
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If you have other good tweaks for mozilla firefox, please write in the comments box. Thanks.
