Mozilla Firebird 0.7

[Reverend]

Mozilla Firebird project (formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform.

Changes in Current Version:
Automatically download files to your Desktop
Open Bookmarks in your Sidebar

:arrow: Download Mozilla Firebird 0.7: Windows (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/releases/0.7/MozillaFirebird-0.7-win32.zip) | Linux (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/releases/0.7/MozillaFirebird-0.7-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz) | Mac OS X (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/releases/0.7/MozillaFirebird-0.7-mac.dmg.gz)

Thanks to efc

[lynchknot]

Mirror: http://m.deviantart.com/mozilla/firebird/

[Conan]

I tried installing this but the browser wouldn't load when I clicked on the desktop shortcut nor in the Program file directory. I installed Mozilla 1.5 instead. I find it slower than IE especially in our forum because I have this reg tweak installed to load pages faster in IE. I wonder if there is such a tweak for Mozilla.

[FastGame]

I never heard of a Firebird not loading, you sure you have the right one ? un-install it and try again.

Try this Firebird optimised for P4 (http://pryan.org/firebird/aebrahim/MozillaFirebird-0.7-Oxs-G7-SSE2.zip)

What reg tweak do you have ?

[Conan]

Originally posted by FastGame
I never heard of a Firebird not loading, you sure you have the right one ? un-install it and try again.

Try this Firebird optimised for P4 (http://pryan.org/firebird/aebrahim/MozillaFirebird-0.7-Oxs-G7-SSE2.zip)

What reg tweak do you have ?

This reg tweak and it really speeds page loading:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider]
"Class"=dword:00000001
"DnsPriority"=dword:00000001
"HostsPriority"=dword:00000001
"LocalPriority"=dword:00000001
"NetbtPriority"=dword:00000001


I have restored an image to the time before installing Mozilla. I've noticed this twice already (yesterday and today) that IE slows down after Mozilla is installed. Doing bandwidth speed tests I lose almost half of my download speed. As I'm not prepared to make Mozilla my default browser off it went.

[lynchknot]

This is what i have in user.js file:

user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 128);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 48);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 24);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 12);

// Enable pipelining:
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);

// This one makes a huge difference. Last value in milliseconds (default is 250)
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

// turn on timer-based reflow management
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);

// sets the allowed time between reflows in microseconds
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 100);

// Path to Cache folder:
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.parent_directory","I:\\Local Disk");

[Conan]

Originally posted by lynchknot
This is what i have in user.js file:

user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 128);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 48);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 24);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 12);

// Enable pipelining:
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);

// This one makes a huge difference. Last value in milliseconds (default is 250)
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

// turn on timer-based reflow management
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);

// sets the allowed time between reflows in microseconds
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 100);

// Path to Cache folder:
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.parent_directory","I:\\Local Disk");

I also used those tweaks but the Techzonez forum still loaded slower than IE.

[lynchknot]

hmm. Well, it loads faster for me. Maybe it's that ram drive i'm using. I've even got 13 tabs load and it still loads faster than IE.

[rik]

I have been using the Firebird as an alternate for awhile now and really like it. I believe it was LK that recommended it and I'm glad I tried it. The only issue I have seen is, like others have mentioned in other threads, at times the pages don't seem to load correctly. But a refresh normally fixes that.