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| Thread ID: 38948 | 2003-10-22 22:31:00 | Setting up Mozilla Firebird | caffy (2665) | Press F1 |
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| 185793 | 2003-10-22 22:31:00 | Hi, just finished downloading Mozilla Firebird, version 0.7. Am having trouble setting it up. I can open it from the "Install" folder in win XP pro, but it doesn't load the websites. i.e typing in www.pressf1.co.nz results in a error message saying "website could not be found" or words to that effect. Also - I removed the I.E icon from the quicklaunch bar, (next to the 'start' button), and pasted mozilla icon there, but when clicking on it, it attempts to search for the file. I just copied it from the original mozilla logo in the install folder. If i click on the original one, it opens up fine... Can you help me set it up properly? |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 185794 | 2003-10-22 22:40:00 | Okay, strangely websites are working now . But I've noticed that, when looking at PressF1 and opening up a posting, theres a grey line running horizontally - between the (for example) "Setting up Mozilla Firebird" and the message body . How do I remove this grey line? |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 185795 | 2003-10-22 23:17:00 | > when looking at PressF1 and opening up a posting, theres a grey line > running horizontally - between the (for example) "Setting up Mozilla Firebird" > and the message body . > How do I remove this grey line? It is just a quirk of the forum's formatting displayed by Firebird . The line is thinner in other browsers so you would not have noticed it . You will stop noticing it after you have used Firebird for a while . Regarding your shortcut icon on the Quick Launch bar, you will need to create a shortcut from the MozillaFirebird . exe file (right click and choose Create Shortcut) and drag the shortcut onto the Quick Launch bar . Rename it to a shorter name if you wish . |
tommy (2826) | ||
| 185796 | 2003-10-23 00:13:00 | Tommy, thanks for your reply, have got all that sorted out now. Is Mozilla meant to be faster loading than I.E? Because to me it seems it takes ages loading websites, when I.E loads it quicker - I've checked: having both Mozilla and I.E open at the same time, loading the same website, I.E loads faster. Is there anyway to maximise the performance of Mozilla? Because to me it doesnt seem any better than I.E? |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 185797 | 2003-10-23 00:20:00 | Do you mean Mozilla, or Firebird? ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 185798 | 2003-10-23 00:23:00 | Thats strange, Firebird always loads pages faster than IE for me . If you have only just begun running it it may need a little time to gather the images stored in the cache whereas IE probably already has that head start . Give it a couple of days and see how it goes before comparing them . Remember to keep your history and cache sizes fairly low - around 25000KB for the cache should be plenty . |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 185799 | 2003-10-23 00:49:00 | It's Mozilla Firebird . . . whats the difference between mozilla and mozilla firebird? I think its set at 50000kb for the cache, should I change it to 25000? What does this actually do? |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 185800 | 2003-10-23 01:19:00 | > It's Mozilla Firebird . . . whats the difference between mozilla and mozilla > firebird? Mozilla includes an email client as well as browser . Firebird doesn't but is just a browser . > I think its set at 50000kb for the cache, should I change it to 25000? Depends on what sort of surfing you do . If you browse lots of differnt sites you could probably leave it but try dropping it down and see how you go . > What does this actually do? The cache (temporary internet files in IE) holds all the graphics and other little bits and pieces so that you don't have to download them everytime you visit a page . Eg the logo for PC World and Press F1 graphics, etc are stored in your cache and are retrieved from there when you visit PF1 thus the pages load quicker than they would if you had to download them everytime . When you keep your cache size small your browser doesn't have to spend lots of time looking for the graphics on your hard drive . If it has to do that it slows it down and it may as well then get them off the website instead . |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 185801 | 2003-10-23 07:03:00 | > > It's Mozilla Firebird...whats the difference > between mozilla and mozilla > > firebird? > Mozilla includes an email client as well as browser. > Firebird doesn't but is just a browser. So that explains why, when i was at the website, there were different options. Like Mozilla was 11mb, etc. i chose Firebird because it was the smallest (6mb) :) didn't realise why, he he |
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