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Firefox Lacking Speed when it comes to using it on slow compuers

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Submitted by Pyromaniac on August 5, 2009 - 2:13pm

I always use firefox portable whenever I go on a computer, Except when I'm on a slow computer. I found that Firefox takes about 6.72 times longer to load pages using DSL than opera@USB. I tried using a fresh copy of firefox portable (without adons) and it was still roughly 3 times slower (it varied) on loading pages. Until I fix this problem, I'll use opera@usb.

Does anyone know how to improve FFP's speed?

PS I type this to you using Opera@USB

Brand Newbie!!!

Submitted by AHunt1 on August 5, 2009 - 9:38am

Sup every1. I am brand spankin' new to ffp. I'm not a developer, programmer, Tech expert or the like, but I'm interested and am learning very quickly most "how to do's" as I'm not as knowledgeable....yet. I joined PortableApps.com to learn.

Suggestion

Submitted by Steve92 on August 4, 2009 - 5:29pm

Hi!

Great web site !

Please, could you add a warning if someone click on "firefox.exe" instead of "firefoxportable.exe" saying "Hey you donkey ! Use the launcher to keep FF portable !" Wink

Thanks,

Steve

Google Gears Portable now available on addons.mozilla.org

Submitted by tvierling on August 4, 2009 - 3:05pm

I went to some pretty careful lengths to put this together so as to fall under USC 17 fair use exemptions, but I believe this is legal to do, so here you go!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13492/

This version of Gears installs and works in Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition, as well as any non-Administrator account in a normal Firefox installation. This is because it installs into the user profile, NOT system-wide.

Extension problem in Firefox 3.5 Portable

Submitted by go4saket on August 2, 2009 - 8:40am

Hello friends!

I had been using Portable version of Firefox 3.0.10 on a Win XP SP3 platform for some time and never faced any problem. Yesterday when I installed the Portable Firefox 3.5, none of my extensions are working. I even tried to install the latest versions of those extensions which support V.3.5 but after installation it asks me to restart Firefox and after restarting there is no sign of the extension installed.

Why is this happening and how can I resolve this problem.

history not searched when typing in location bar

Submitted by zoe on August 1, 2009 - 4:41pm

Hi,

I opened a topic over at the mozilla forum because I'm experiencing the problem that when typing in the location bar my history (sites I've visited before) is not searched. Only sites I've TYPED before are searched.
They suggested it might be an issue due to my portable version.

Here's the original thread: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=en-US&comme...

Any hints are highly appreciated!

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