Browser Question

Grim/Don

Grim/Don

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I've got IE on my computer, and also have the Yahoo IE. I like the traditional IE but if I click a link in an email, the Yahoo one opens up. Is there a way to fix this? I've looked though Eudora and through IE (and Yahoo IE) and can't find a setting to change.

Thanks!
 
Third vote for Firefox. If you're on broadband I can even hook you up with a sweet speed tweak someone on another forum posted. Actually, here it is for the rest of you.

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll notice pages load faster especially if you are reloading a bunch of tabs at once. Well, I did.


If you want to tweak other settings but don't know what they do go to:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries

or you can google "about:config firefox" and get some results or just click this link for the Google search results:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=about:config+firefox&btnG=Google+Search
 
Just installed Firefox last week, and the tabbed browsing alone is worth the "price" of admission.
 
Since I installed Firefox a few months ago I have not gotten one single bit of spyware. It's the only way to fly. I also installed their Thunderbird email and I'm happy as a clam. :)
 
Grim/Don said:
I've got IE on my computer, and also have the Yahoo IE. I like the traditional IE but if I click a link in an email, the Yahoo one opens up. Is there a way to fix this? I've looked though Eudora and through IE (and Yahoo IE) and can't find a setting to change.

Thanks!
Click to expand...
You need to remove it from your PC.

Go to Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs> Look for Yahoo Toolbar and click remove.
 
Took the advice and installed Firefox. Took me a while to get it set up the way I like it (I had the link bar that I used a lot, I had to set them up as bookmarks)

Also downloaded Thunderbird... Looks sweet except... When someone emails me a picture, I can't see it! All I get is a box with a red dot in the corner. Looks like the dreaded red X from IE. This is for inline pics, not attachments.

If I can get this figured out, I'd switch completely.
 
Grim/Don said:
Took the advice and installed Firefox. Took me a while to get it set up the way I like it (I had the link bar that I used a lot, I had to set them up as bookmarks)

Also downloaded Thunderbird... Looks sweet except... When someone emails me a picture, I can't see it! All I get is a box with a red dot in the corner. Looks like the dreaded red X from IE. This is for inline pics, not attachments.

If I can get this figured out, I'd switch completely.
Click to expand...

There is a setting that allows pictures to be displayed from people in your address book. Edit----Preferences----Advanced------Privacy.

Or, you can just allow all pictures from anyone, or block pictures from everyone, many options.
 
Got it figured out. It had imported the messages without the pictures. I sent them to myself, which the pricavy changes, and they worked fine.

Thanks for the help on this, and with the browser, everyone!
 
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