Winapp2.ini Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I use the HOSTS file to block most ad providers, but subscribe to Easy List and a few other ABP subscriptions. Beyond that, I block the frames that hold ads on websites (also block frames that hold other stuff I dont care about) winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 @Super Fast, with love While I am not sitting in front of your PC, here are some things to try to speed it up (if you'd like). Usually does have a cause. I'm perfectly capable of troubleshooting typical browser sluggishness. If you really must know; the problem is the way Firefox interacts with the network drivers that my wireless adapter uses. It's 'Time-To-First-Byte' is much slower than all of the other browsers; which means the browser needs to wait longer than usual to begin rendering the page. Now back to my original point. Just because IE sucks for you; doesn't mean it also sucks for everyone else. I could go and rant for hours about how crap Firefox is because it won't work right on my slightly-dodgy wireless network. I don't because I understand that software performance is entirely situational. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm perfectly capable of troubleshooting typical browser sluggishness. If you really must know; the problem is the way Firefox interacts with the network drivers that my wireless adapter uses. It's 'Time-To-First-Byte' is much slower than all of the other browsers; which means the browser needs to wait longer than usual to begin rendering the page. I am aware of that. Have you checked whether it is in "Proxy" mode? I am not downing your expertise by any means. But if you ever go into "offline mode", say, your internet connection winks out, firefox can mistakenly set it for proxy mode, which will greatly slow your browser. And, I assume, also cause the time-to-first-byte to become much slower than normal. I was wondering if you are speaking of older versions of firefox, or if you have tried the newer version 14 yet? Newer versions are quite a bit faster than older ones. Would be very interested to know! Thanks! Edit: Have you checked Windows update for a wireless driver update? This sometimes fixes latency problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Anyone use the 64bit version of IE9 as their regular browser? I know when it came out it pretty much got overlooked because adobe hadn't put out version of flash and java for it. I just noticed on filehippo that their are now official versions available for it. I tried it once... But it loaded 2x slower than it's 32 bit cousin. Not sure why... So I dropped it. It may load websites nearly on par with 32 Bit once loaded, or loaded the first time or two. BUT! 64 Bit or not, I ain't using slower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedrake Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Just putting my two cents out here, but IE9 works very well and opens things quite fast for me; imho a great browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Just putting my two cents out here, but IE9 works very well and opens things quite fast for me; imho a great browser. It seems like the 1st time you open 64 Bit IE, it takes nearly 2x longer to open than the 32 Bit version of IE. Afterwards it seems to open almost as fast as 32... From what I heard, they kept the old rendering engine in 64 Bit the same, & updated the one in 32 Bit IE... Vrooom, vrooom! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajoe Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I have been using Chrome as my main browser since it was first introduced. It's fast and works for all my needs. However, I use Opera as a secondary browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 14, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2012 Ok, so I decided to try chrome out again. I installed an extension called click and clean. On the extension page it mentions having a malware scanner, but I don't see it mentioned anywhere in the settings? The extension is clunky and bloated, but it does what I want it to do.(clean chrome on exit) Also to the people who use WOT, what are the downsides of not logging in? I assume I just can't rate websites right? I don't really want to create an account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2012 Also to the people who use WOT, what are the downsides of not logging in? I don't really know because in Firefox (and Firefox clones) it automatically logs you in by setting a cookie so you don't have to log in, which can be confirmed on any page you visit by clicking the WOT icon and then click "View scorecard for rating details" and in the WOT page it loads at the upper-right you'll see your user name and that you're logged in. Even if you delete the WOT "mywot.com" cookie it will automatically set the cookie again and automatically log you in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I have no cookie, no account. I always just enter the URL in the upper right form and double click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Reading through this topic, I am surprised that nobody mentioned Waterfox at all. Waterfox is the highly optimized 64-bit version of Firefox; I haven't used anything else since it was first released in September 2011. There are certain tools that do not work well on non-IE browsers (e.g. http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect); in these cases I use IE9 (64-bit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted July 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 15, 2012 We did have a thread about it a while back pwillener http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=34427&hl=waterfox&fromsearch=1 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I use waterfox, but I refer to it as firefox winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted July 16, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 16, 2012 The reason to log into WOT is to provide feedback on pages, other than that I don't believe there really is a reason ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I don't really know because in Firefox (and Firefox clones) it automatically logs you in by setting a cookie so you don't have to log in, which can be confirmed on any page you visit by clicking the WOT icon and then click "View scorecard for rating details" and in the WOT page it loads at the upper-right you'll see your user name and that you're logged in. Even if you delete the WOT "mywot.com" cookie it will automatically set the cookie again and automatically log you in. In addition to the cookie, Firefox saves stored user passwords (if you select for it to) in %appdata%\Mozilla folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 17, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 17, 2012 In addition to the cookie, Firefox saves stored user passwords (if you select for it to) in %appdata%\Mozilla folder. I use Pale Moon. But yeah I figured the browser was saving the info itself or the WOT addon was, however I've never had a reason to investigate where the info for WOT is stored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 In Chrome; WOT stores user preferences in a HTML5 localstorage container. C:\Users\Shane\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\chrome-extension_bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp_0.localstorage I would assume Firefox is handled mostly the same. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) I use IE9 64 bit. I didn't try any other browser. I started to use it only after (the dreaded) Adobe's Flash was available in 64 bit. I am not too happy with IE9. When I type a reply on a forum (like this one) from time to time, it causes delays before typed characters show up on the screen. Don't know who/what is to blame for this. Sloppy progamming of IE9 ? Perhaps IE9 still needs to be optimized more ? Antivirus program ? Firewall ? Adobe's Flash ? Graphic driver ? Graphic hardware ? I read somehwere else on this forum that HTML5 would be an alternative for Adobe's Flash. Well, what are the folks at Microsoft waiting for ? I want HTML5 NOW !!!! Edited July 20, 2012 by Willy2 System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I read somehwere else on this forum that HTML5 would be an alternative for Adobe's Flash. Well, what are the folks at Microsoft waiting for ? I want HTML5 NOW !!!! IE9 does support HTML5. But there are millions of sites out there who offer their content only in Flash format; not much Microsoft can do about that... Other browsers supporting HTML5: http://html5test.com/results/desktop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Death to flash! winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 ... When I type a reply on a forum (like this one) from time to time, it causes delays before typed characters show up on the screen. Don't know who/what is to blame for this. Fwiw: Same thing happens here using wxp ie8, but is NOT happening right now using Firefox running in Slitaz linux os. I have no idea what that is about either, but sometmes that delay seems pretty long. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted July 31, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 31, 2012 Looks like no one will be mentioning Safari anymore, it seems Apple have killed it off for Windows users. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/25/apple_kills_windows_pc_support_in_safari_60.html Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted August 2, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted August 2, 2012 Not a huge loss in my opinion. Safari was awful on windows. (the Mac users I know don't even use it, they use firefox) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Safari was a great looking browser, but it suffered from lack of speed. I second rridgely. Not a great loss here either. Firefox pawns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Hopefully they'll stop pushing their browser on Windows Users through iTunes updates too. (I've removed it from many a machine belonging to people who thought iTunes needed it to work) winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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