why is the profile manager not prominent, i.e. in the preferences menu? not that anyone has the answer to this...just a bone to throw
by the way this site is a nice comparison of browser performance http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html The graphs are especially nice, just jump down to your appropriate OS. I'm running Camino (OSX) now after looking ath these graphs. I had been using Firefox and when I upgraded to 2.0 it REALLY bogged my system. It seems Firefox has gotten a bit stuffy and bloated lately.... On 11/9/06, Scott Granneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > & if you do the below & figure it out, let us know! (have you looked > on http://kb.mozillazine.org yet? best place for firefox/thunderbird > info on the net) > > scott > > On 9 Nov 2006, at 8:55 AM, Scott Granneman wrote: > > > or, open up a blank tab & type in the address bar: > > > > about:config > > > > then filter for "proxy" > > > > those are your settings for proxies. > > > > now, do that before and after you set a proxy. > > > > now you know what you need to configure. > > > > put those settings into the user.js file in each user's profile. > > > > boom! you're done! > > > > (if you need help with the layout of the user.js file, let me > > know ... attached is mine, for instance). > > > > scott > > > > On 9 Nov 2006, at 12:24 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Is there a way to autoconfigure Firefox to use an http-proxy? > >> > >> At ByteWorks, all the browsers are configured for direct access to > >> the > >> web. This unfortunately means that when we instruct students to > >> visit a > >> website, they all hit the same website and download the same data > >> at the > >> same time, which slows everyone down. So, we recently set up > >> squid to > >> proxy http requests. Is there an easy way to tell all the > >> browsers to > >> now use the proxy server (e.g. via DHCP or DNS), or do we have to > >> configure Firefox manually? A google search finds mostly pages > >> explaining how to manually configure browsers to use a proxy, so I > >> guessing it's a manual process. > >> > >> Regards, > >> - Robert > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CWE-LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.cwelug.org/ > >> http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > >> http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > > > > R. Scott Granneman > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > > My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books > > Read the Download Squad Blog @ http://www.downloadsquad.com > > > > "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what > > you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." > > ---George W. Bush speaking during "Perseverance Month" at > > Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H (Los Angeles Times, > > Jan. 28, 2000) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CWE-LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.cwelug.org/ > > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books > Read the Download Squad Blog @ http://www.downloadsquad.com > > "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you > do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." > ---George W. Bush speaking during "Perseverance Month" at > Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H (Los Angeles Times, Jan. > 28, 2000) > > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- -James http://blog.jamesrbritton.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbritton home: (765) 252-0242 mobile: +353-(0)85-1072436 from USA dial 011-353-85-1072436 _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
