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Dan!el · 30th October 2003, 3:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NTBlowz
Turbo boost ur firebird start up:

On your firebird short cut add prefix
/prefetch:1

Now firebird loads as fast as IE

Now that is a nice and VERY good tweak. But what does the prefetch function do?

EDIT: Nvm, got the answer. Apparently IE and a few other M$ programs use it too, but by default.

Hari · 30th October 2003, 6:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NTBlowz
Turbo boost ur firebird start up:

On your firebird short cut add prefix
/prefetch:1

Now firebird loads as fast as IE

Excellent Find NTBlowz I’ll add the tweak to the first post.

Bone · 30th October 2003, 6:19 PM

Im guessing it loads certain parts of the browser in startup by default?

Hari · 30th October 2003, 8:18 PM

Quote:

What Is Prefetch?

Taken From Microsoft Website:

Windows XP monitors the files that are used when the computer starts and when you start applications. By monitoring these files, Windows XP can prefetch them. Prefetching data is the process whereby data that is expected to be requested is read ahead into the cache. Prefetching boot files and applications decreases the time needed to start Windows XP and start applications.

Force · 30th October 2003, 11:51 PM

that prefetch shit works.

Fuboo · 31st October 2003, 12:49 AM

That's quite a good tip the prefetch.

Seabird2k · 31st October 2003, 2:00 AM

that prefetch stuff only work for XP?

chaosx123 · 31st October 2003, 2:22 AM

Yep XP only. Not 2K (damnit!)

Kabal · 31st October 2003, 3:15 PM

Anyone using Tabbed browser extensions in "single window" mode? Mine crashes a lot when clicking links in other programs.. quite annoying.

Also, closing a tab that is viewing a PDF always crashes too. Bummer.

nexx · 31st October 2003, 5:25 PM

have you got the latest version of Tabbrowser Extensions?

that's all i can think of.

Hari · 31st October 2003, 5:55 PM

I don’t use the Tabbed browser extensions.

But the crashes are a known bug.

Quote:

http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/...ml.en#problems

- This extension sometimes causes crush when you show popup menus, load webpages, or operate tabs, because it intrudes into operations about loading pages, showing popups, add/remove tabs, etc. Please don't use it if you would like to use stable browser.

Force · 31st October 2003, 8:38 PM

i hate the T.B.E it f**ks up to much the default tab features in firebird are heaps better.

nexx · 31st October 2003, 10:00 PM

ive never had any problems with it :/

Force · 2nd November 2003, 12:51 AM

is any one running firebird on MAC OS X it would be pretty cool to see a screenshot of it.

Rake · 2nd November 2003, 3:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Force
i hate the T.B.E it f**ks up to much the default tab features in firebird are heaps better.

I thought this at first, but its just a matter of configuring it all right..

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