If you use IE or Outlook Express...

[Z28]

Check this out:
http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml

Or switch to Firefox

[nejcdolinsek]

Im seriously considering switching web browsers... can someone tell me which one is the best alternative to Internet explorer?

Opera, Netscape, Firefox....???

[Ian_yamaue]

Firefox really rocks!! I'm using for about... don't know, a lot of time, never anoyed me...
A lot faster than IE, slower to load but faster to navigate...

[Cornutu]

This is from slashdot a while back

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 receives. If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

[abbor]

Well, I've know this some 5 years or something... Who really cares?

At least not me...

[sheruken]

Me neither!

[Z28]

^^^thanks for enlightening us with your omnipotent wisdom.

Cornutu--I will try your suggestions.

"It turns out that some clever people figured out that you could launch popups from Flash, getting around the Firefox default settings."

Fortunately, you can get around it:

1. Type about:config into the Firefox location bar.
2. Right-click on the page and select New and then Integer.
3. Name it privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins
4. Set the value to 2.

The possible values are:

* 0: Allow all popups from plugins.
* 1: Allow popups, but limit them to dom.popup_maximum.
* 2: Block popups from plugins.
* 3: Block popups from plugins, even on whitelisted sites.

Source: Pete Bevin

[DeMoN]

anyone tried firetune to tune up firefox? does it really help?