Elite.Pete Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/ i just found out about fasterfox after using firefox forever, i installed it and i'm using the turbo settings, let me tell you webpages are now loading twice as fast as they used to, and i'm on cable lol... i think anyone who doesn't have this absolutely needs to check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 ya ive had it for a while works good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted March 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 yea man this thing flies....... wish i had this from the start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 i also had this a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 It helps, but my DL speed is still faster with IE. With FF and Fasterfox: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4954 Kbps about 5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 605 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 5:06am Bottom Line:: 88X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.69 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 4.947 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.13 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-F0B2P38N1 With IE6: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5665 Kbps about 5.7 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 692 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 5:08am Bottom Line:: 101X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.48 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 8.652 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 32.79 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-P1VCOM2S7 With FF alone: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4780 Kbps about 4.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 584 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 5:11am Bottom Line:: 85X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.75 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.127 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: Looks Great : 12.05 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-WDGSN4BPJ Actually, there's not much difference with Fasterfox installed, is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 i get faster loading times with fasterfox and a little bit faster speeds but my IE and firefox never had much different speed results anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 I dunno. Firefox is just slow for me. I can watch everything on the page being loaded, even with Fasterfox's "turbo" setting. It's almost like dial-up with a speed booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 everything pops up instantly for me unless the site is slow but other than that its really fast. what kinda comp you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 i installed it, doesn't seem to make much of a difference in speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted March 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 i installed it @ my friends house it doubled his speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted March 26, 2006 CID Share Posted March 26, 2006 I've had it before, didn't do much for me. Must be Direcway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bts0uth Posted March 27, 2006 CID Share Posted March 27, 2006 IE is really slow for me. I have IE7 and im using Firefox with Fasterfox Firefox: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4369 Kbps about 4.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 533 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 5:35pm Bottom Line:: 78X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.92 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.609 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060316 Firefox/1.5.0.2 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 22.24 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4VEUTLNR8 IE: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3470 Kbps about 3.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 424 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 6:37pm Bottom Line:: 62X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.42 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 7.062 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.2) Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 97.09 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5SC9PMK8E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr0duc3r Posted March 27, 2006 CID Share Posted March 27, 2006 IE6 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 566 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 10:54pm Bottom Line:: 83X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.81 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Diagnosis: Looks Great : 2.25 % faster than the average for host (rr.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ZAEUDRGCO FireFox with FasterFox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 7632 Kbps about 7.6 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 932 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 10:55pm Bottom Line:: 136X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.1 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 6.422 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 68.18 % faster than the average for host (rr.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-V5UE09PWC Firefox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 7708 Kbps about 7.7 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 941 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: 2006/03/26 - 11:55pm Bottom Line:: 138X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.09 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 6.359 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 69.85 % faster than the average for host (rr.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DTY9UA480 Not much of a difference, but why so much between firefox and IE is it just cause FF is so much better, but the webpages load crazy fast,....Cleaned comp trash, cookies and etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted March 27, 2006 CID Share Posted March 27, 2006 IE6: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5085 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 621 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YV2FZ4I6C :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5240 Kbps about 5.2 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 640 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RDNBF96QP :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5146 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 628 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XUG6A8WKO FIREFOX: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5006 Kbps about 5 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 611 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TCFI65SGB :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4679 Kbps about 4.7 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 571 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QNRDFMW1P :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4818 Kbps about 4.8 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 588 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OZ7W2QX5B FASTERFOX: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5044 Kbps about 5 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 616 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K20PJ7RF8 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4891 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 597 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-IXH3SAOZT :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4827 Kbps about 4.8 Mbps (tested with 3151 kB) Download Speed is:: 589 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.bafserv.com Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LVMQ4F32T My ISP advertises 5Mbps on the downstream. I test from the BAF server in NYC because it has low traffic and an optimized route for me, although it is still a considerable distance away. The above are consecutive tests, with identical software configuration on my PC. I have always found IE to yield better speeds, at a more consistant rate. I have used the Fasterfox extenstion before (among others....most of which were terrible or stupid, which contributed to why I have stopped using FF), and it doesn't seem to do much for me. I have said this before, but I'll say it again. I prefer IE because I can troubleshoot 99.9% of issues with it. It is a very stable program, with total support coverage, and constant feed of updates/patches. FF does not profess to be a stable/good browser as much as it professes to be an IE killer. IMO, any product which exists simply to provide competition for its predecessor, will never be as good as its predecessor. Cool, it is open-source...but that doesn't mean you have a panel of geniouses engineering your product. BTW, Fasterfox operates by caching web-based data. So in theory, it should not affect your download speed at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted March 27, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 27, 2006 nope, it doesn't actually effect downloading, and it uses multiple connections to websites to gain speed, for me firefox works great /w fasterfox, i don't use winblows anyway so IE isn't an option but i remember always hating it and using FF on windows anyway and actually mozilla patches things much faster than microsoft, i read an article on it on slashdot.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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