For the past couple of years Internet Explorer has been on a downward spiral, albeit slow, but inching down with every passing month, with only Firefox to blame. common - comments - 2.12.2008
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests. common - comments - 21.11.2007
Auslogics Registry Defrag is an extremely useful program to keep your registry as compact as possible. As a result of keeping the registry defragmented and as small as possible, your computer performance will be much improved. download - comments - 18.1.2008
You may ask yourselves, why should this article be any different from all those tweaking tutorials around the Internet or, better yet, why should you read this when you can install a program that does it all for you? windows - comments - 23.10.2008
Windows 7 is the next iteration of the Windows operating system that will succeed Windows Vista. Following the availability of the latest Windows Client, Windows Vienna was the codename for the next version of Windows. windows - comments - 16.1.2008
The moment has come once again to pimp your Windows XP with the skills of a power user and the tool that will always be at your disposal, Notepad. This article, along with the previous ones, will allow you to enhance and customize your operating system with advanced IT knowledge. windows - comments - 29.11.2008
Allow me to start this article by recommending you read (if you haven’t already) the first part of this “tweaking series,” as it sets the ground rules that must be followed in order to get the job done right. windows - comments - 24.10.2008
Welcome back to the registry optimization saga! If you’re just joining us, please start by reading at least our first episode, which describes a few rules that must be followed in order for the optimization process to take place successfully... windows - comments - 25.10.2008
Symantec Thursday released a free tool that wipes spurious entries from Windows' registry that had crippled some PCs running the company's security software after they were upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Vista SP1. windows - comments - 9.6.2008
Once again, it's time to enhance your Windows XP operating system exactly the way you want and without paying a cent on expensive programs that do something so simple that even a kid could handle it. windows - comments - 26.11.2008
January 2008 comes with a new trend when talking about computer security because lots of worms, Trojan horses, viruses or other pieces of malware attempt to disable important Windows functions in order to hide their files. windows - comments - 14.1.2008
Welcome to yet another episode of our Microsoft Windows XP tweaking saga. If you're not familiar with the procedure, please start by reading the first article in the series, so as to fully understand how exactly you should use the lines below and how to run the tweaks. windows - comments - 12.11.2008
In part eight of the our tweaking series we’ll go through a few Control Panel optimizations for Windows XP power users that may not interest most people using their operating system for basic tasks. windows - comments - 26.12.2008
Officially, the incomplete half-open outbound TCP connection attempts allowed at any one time is now unlimited by default in Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP2 (Service Pack 2), and Windows 7. Actually, the ability to limit or restrict number of half-open outgoing TCP connections system can create or establish is built into Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7, however it’s disabled by default. windows - comments - 8.6.2009
The Windows registry has been around since the 16-bit editions of Windows, and will continue to be a key component of the operating system even after Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Widows XP Service Pack 3, and even after Windows 7. common - comments - 18.1.2008
Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. This is the second Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback. common - comments -
When you ask most people what Web browser they use, the answer often will be Internet Explorer. After all, it comes preloaded on Windows PCs, so most people just use it by default.
But while IE maintains a stranglehold on the majority of computer systems, Mozilla's open-source solution, called Firefox, has made significant inroads into the browser market. Handy extra features are part of the reason for its growing success, as is the continual supply of third-party add-ons. common - comments - 22.12.2005
Security researchers that carried out a code analysis of popular open source browser Firefox using automated tools, have discovered scores of potential defects and security vulnerabilities despite coming to the conclusion that the software was generally well written. common - comments - 12.9.2006
ArsTechnica have posted an in-depth look at Mozilla's new project, Firefox 3.0. The significant jump from 2.0, released a mere 2 months ago is mainly due to Mozilla's use of the new Gecko rendering engine. download - comments - 13.12.2006
Portable Firefox is a fully functional solution of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. And by this poll is Firefox your favorite browser. download - comments - 15.2.2007
Office 2007 works so well with Internet Explorer 7 and does not mesh with Firefox. With that in mind I dropped Firefox in favor of IE. common - comments - 16.4.2007
I noticed that the Beta 1 for Firefox 3.0 was made available sometime yesterday. I’ve been curious as to whether the Firefox dev team would do a serious revamp for this release or just concentrate on bug fixes and performance improvements. download - comments - 20.11.2007
Firefox 3, Beta 3 has just been released. Over 350 memory leaks have been fixed and reductions have been made in the memory footprint. download - comments - 13.2.2008
Ever since its debut, Firefox
has garnered a reputation for
being an enormously
customizable program, both
through its add-on
architecture and its internal
settings. In fact, many of
Firefox's settings aren't
exposed through the Tools >
Options menu; the only way to
change them is to edit them
manually. In this article,
we'll explore some of the
most useful Firefox settings
that you can change on your
own, and that aren't normally
available through the
program's graphical
interface.
The
closest analogy to how Firefox
manages its internal settings
is the Windows Registry. Each
setting, or preference, is
given a name and stored as a
string (text), integer
(number) or Boolean
(true/false) value. However,
Firefox doesn't keep its
settings in the registry, but
in a file called prefs.js. You
can edit prefs.js directly,
but it's often easier to
change the settings through
the browser window.
Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, Ahead of IE8 and Firefox 3.1