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howtosplitanatom.com — A pretty good guide to dressing up Firefox for any occasion and the plugins that you should use to do it.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 29, 2007

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  • omarciddo, on 11/15/2007, -2/+74How to use Firefox.
    1) Double-click icon.
    2) Browse internet.
  • dbalaski, on 10/10/2007, -0/+231/2 of the article covers what is already achived by the plugin FasterFox
  • rusty_g, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13maybe should call it how to speed up firefox and use plugins....
  • lcmatt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Mirror:

    http://image.bayimg.com/gaedmaabo.jpg
  • acetv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8At first I was confused, but then I remembered that internet = porn.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7how about a "how to make firefox not freeze while on digg" maybe its just me in linux, but its starting to freeze often on digg's site.
  • gann, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Hello, I am the author of that extension. Great to hear that it looks useful to you.

    It's kinda strange to see my little script got mentioned in digg... in quite an indirect way. Actually that howto is showing a screenshot of old version. Besides, it doesn't link to my script's homepage (but to the file directly):
    http://ah-gan.com/2007/05/03/time-to-go-a-script-to-fight-procrastination.php
    (let's see if my server can handle digg crowd, lol)

    btw that howto is actually quite lame... despite it mentions my script.
  • whataboutdave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Very true. I remember reading a similar article on how to speed up Firefox and thinking it would be great. I already had FasterFox, so when I went into about:config, all the settings were already optimized.
  • Drevor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5dead already?

    http://howtosplitanatom.com.nyud.net:8080/how-to-hack-your-life/how-to-use-firefox/
  • mvprj84, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yeah, this is more of a "how to" guide:
    http://learnfirefox.cybernetnews.com/
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I think that Time To Go plugin is perfect for me.
  • GoldYoshi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It happens to me, too, when it comes to the crappy bloated comment system we have. CMON KEVIN, YOU CAN DO BETTER, MOVE IT!

    I think the allocate memory of 16MB in this article has already helped it not freeze, though. Yay!
  • motang, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://howtosplitanatom.com.nyud.net:8080/how-to-hack-your-life/how-to-use-firefox/ - it's a bit slow but works well.
  • tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5His server already died? Yeah, I'm sure he knows all about browsing the inter-tubes.
  • avasol, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yeah because it's like, hard 'n stuff. This article does not do one of the first Firefox fan commercials justice: (a must see for Firefox fans);
    http://media.revver.com/broadcast/19542/video.mov
  • jinushaun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The article is mostly a list of worthless Greasemonkey scripts! Buried!
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1your advice is relevant only for windows tards
  • stonr2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I use opera to view digg because firefox is epic fail with the new digg comment system. crashing all the time and what not. It may be my default browser if I get used to it.
  • deadsenator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You have to add that key.

    FTA:
    Right click, from the menu select “New” then “Integer”.
    When the dialog box appears, enter the following string: browser.cache.memory.capacity
    You will be treated to yet another dialog box, enter: 16384
    --

    The article fails to mention Adblock Plus, which is the first addon in all my FF installs. Coupla other good tips, but I cannot digg it.
  • spacebar14, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well *that*'s a unique way of mirroring something...
  • sonicjosh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1install all those plugins, prepare for ff to slow donw, a lot if you dont havee a great computer, there must be 25 of them
    and the form fill one, use safari or what i do is use the google toolbar
    this is what i use:
    customize google
    adblock plus
    google toolbar
    ie tab
    the foxkeh plugin that makes everything cute ^_^ addons.mozilla.org -> seach for foxkeh, it installs in japanese but there are no options to set and no words to read except the title
  • zspitfire04, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1WHen igo to about:config and filter for browser.cache.memory.capacity nothing comes up =/
  • 3leggedHorse, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That dude is *****.
  • MalcolmG, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I think you want this page http://digg.com/offbeat_news/E_T_Call_911_pic
  • hilti, on 01/31/2009, -0/+0Love it....plugins are the sole reason i use it over internet explorer!!!

    I got a couple cool ones here (Sxipper, FireFTP, Speed Dial) at http://www.bestfirefoxplugins.com
  • seanc6610, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1http://tinyurl.com/2kpa94
  • pigfister, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1ty
  • 3leggedHorse, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1That site has been violated.
  • PsycheWiki, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Good to meet ya!!! FF is the greatest browser there is.
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I am on digg way to much. I have like over 550 something comments.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1doesn't matter.
    FF is still the slowest browser(in terms of UI and responsivemess) including exploder
  • NeilM, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1maybe we should call it how to make Firefox slightly less slow and slightly less boring to those of us who find most of those extensions stupid and not necessary. Besides. Who decided Flickr is good? I've seen HUNDREDs of photos and random pictures of greater interest on DeviantART. Where's the love? There is none. Flickr sucks.
  • NeilM, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1These extensions suck. I installed none of them. I don't need them. I have a better list of extensions and a better way to speed up Firefox. Thanks.
  • Letsdienow, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1wow, that stayed up for a good 2 seconds, closed, and came back cuz i was trying the memory cache expansion and kablam... "Problem loading my *****" : (
  • letdowntourist, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2I'm not trusting anyone who's site looks like that to give me advice on using the internet.
  • bperdue, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0anyone have a mirror?
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1in the servers world its kinda popular last time to go down after only a bit attention
  • LiamIsOnFire, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2The site is down at 51 diggs.

    YAY!
  • LiamIsOnFire, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2The site is down at under 100 diggs.

    GG.
  • tonygarcia, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2he better off than this guy http://13gb.com/pictures/991/
  • rasmyth5, on 10/10/2007, -8/+0great article!
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -17/+8use opera
  • Deku, on 10/10/2007, -13/+3This is how you use firefox.
    1. Uninstall FireFox
    2. Download Opera
  • rahulkumar, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1how to use:
    1. Don't install Firefox
    2. Use alternate browser (IE7, Opera, Safari)

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