nhoughtaling Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 I downloaded firefox tested my download speeds and they are a lot slower with that browser, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 try this http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 I have found IE and Opera to be faster then FF on downloads. The absolute fastest is a little known browser called k-meleon I think CPU speed and memory is a factor and at any given time anyone can outdo the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeme Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 I downloaded firefox tested my download speeds and they are a lot slower with that browser, something i need to change in the firefox settings? Anyone else seeing slower speeds with differant browser? I tend to see quite the opposite... FireFox being the fastest Opera Next IE slowest and AOL eats half your band. once you're on a 8Mb/s connection, it really don't matter no more ROFL. as far as FasterFox... hmmm.. who knows whats all installed behind that. but, I've been testing it, so far, the only function that makes it cool, is the Page load counter, giving how many ms's it takes to load the page! fasterfox did NOT improve bandwidth on all of the 5 machines I put it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 "once you're on a 8Mb/s connection, it really don't matter no more ROFL." If you have an ancient system like I have - 300mhz - it matters - but like you said what differance does a few seconds make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoughtaling Posted November 17, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 Im going to try kmeleon see what thats like, anything to get away from IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoughtaling Posted November 17, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 ok here are my speeds with kmeleon :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1909 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 233 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Thu Nov 17 2005 09:52:14 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.39 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 502.21 % faster than the average for host (swbell.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OL7IUP15F :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5092 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 622 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 17 2005 09:53:31 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 91X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.65 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 133.04 % faster than the average for host (swbell.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SA94GW1IC Now with IE :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1716 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 210 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 17 09:54:18 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 31X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.88 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 439.62 % faster than the average for host (swbell.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TRMIU9YZE Connection is:: 5061 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 618 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 17 09:55:09 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 90X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.66 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 131.62 % faster than the average for host (swbell.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6C4571RIZ Sure seems like kmeleo is loading pages a lot faster then IE.... One more time with Kmeleon on my uploads :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1865 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 228 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Thu Nov 17 2005 09:56:37 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.49 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 486.48 % faster than the average for host (swbell.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XPIH7ELDK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeme Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 since bandwidth is NEVER constant, everything looks fine with either browser, just DO NOT Use IE anymore, it's antiquated and bug filled, it's like, a MircosoftVirusBrowser.. it should just say, Select your new Virus here, Select your new Adware here, Select your new SPyWare here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted November 17, 2005 CID Share Posted November 17, 2005 Im going to try kmeleon see what thats like, anything to get away from IE Give opera a try if you dont like ie - it is free now with no banner ads www.opera.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted November 18, 2005 CID Share Posted November 18, 2005 Actually Opera is very good, my favorite after Firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted November 18, 2005 CID Share Posted November 18, 2005 I use Firefox and IE and i got no problems with them.. I get about the same speeds with either one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted November 18, 2005 CID Share Posted November 18, 2005 I use Firefox and IE and i got no problems with them.. I get about the same speeds with either one same here^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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