I love high speed... - DPChallenge Forums

01/16/2005 04:14:35 PM · #1

The technician just left. I've only had high speed internet for about 10 minutes and I've probably downloaded more in that time then in the last two weeks!

3.0 Mbps download/384 Kbps upload, baby!

Now I can download the new GIMP!!

gloda

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/16/2005 04:28:17 PM · #2

Get yourself some download tool and download the DPC archive within 5 minutes :)

01/16/2005 04:39:42 PM · #3

Chane your browser to Mozilla Firefox and you will never leave your computer!!!! www.mozilla.org

TLL061

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

01/16/2005 04:46:50 PM · #4

Originally posted by rex07734:

Chane your browser to Mozilla Firefox and you will never leave your computer!!!! www.mozilla.org

is that any good , is it just a search engine ?

01/16/2005 04:50:33 PM · #5

Originally posted by TLL061:

Originally posted by rex07734:
Chane your browser to Mozilla Firefox and you will never leave your computer!!!! www.mozilla.org

is that any good , is it just a search engine ?

No it is a browser. Try it and you will give up Explorer. It has a pop-up blocker built in, download tool, and best of all it has tabbed browsing. To find out more check out their website. I now only use explorer for those few sites that don't support Firefox.

TLL061

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

01/16/2005 04:52:45 PM · #6

so I don't have to get rid of exployer , they wont fight each other

Message edited by author 2005-01-16 16:53:01.

01/16/2005 04:55:38 PM · #7

Originally posted by TLL061:

so I don't have to get rid of exployer , they wont fight each other

Keep explorer and try Firefox. If you don't like it you can get rid of it. But I know you will keep it! Tabbed browsing means you can browse many websites and only have one program "Firefox" running not like in explorer you have to open explorer again to browse another website

Message edited by author 2005-01-16 16:57:41.

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

01/16/2005 05:05:50 PM · #8

Originally posted by rex07734:

Tabbed browsing means you can browse many websites and only have one program "Firefox" running not like in explorer you have to open explorer again to browse another website

Why dont you use ctrl N to open a new window in explorer, or file new window etc??

maxj

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/16/2005 05:08:06 PM · #9

if using firefox (which you should) dont forget about this little trick

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM

01/16/2005 05:27:08 PM · #10

Originally posted by MikeOwens:

Originally posted by rex07734:

Tabbed browsing means you can browse many websites and only have one program "Firefox" running not like in explorer you have to open explorer again to browse another website

Why dont you use ctrl N to open a new window in explorer, or file new window etc??

In Firefox it is not a new window. Technically when you do this to browse say 4 webpages you have Internet Explorer opened four times. In Firefox the program is only opened once.

MikeO

Fujifilm x100

01/16/2005 05:38:14 PM · #11

Yeh I figured that just after I hit post! Doh!

:-)

3DsArcher

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

01/16/2005 05:46:02 PM · #12

Originally posted by MikeOwens:

Yeh I figured that just after I hit post! Doh!

:-)

Yep, hate that when it happens :)

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/16/2005 05:50:00 PM · #13

Originally posted by maxj:

if using firefox (which you should) dont forget about this little trick

Thanks for this tip. Works great!

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

01/16/2005 06:11:21 PM · #14

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

Highspeed is great- that is my carriers speeds as well 3000/384. And love it.

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/16/2005 06:21:56 PM · #15

run a firewall - update the Vscan dat files routinely- watch out.
nothing is perfect - and nothing is as easy as it seems...

Zoomdak

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/16/2005 06:31:28 PM · #16

I've switched to Firefox and never gone back.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

01/16/2005 06:32:44 PM · #17

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

To keep an eye on your speed, go to //www.dslreports.com and you can periodically test it. If you register, it will save you speed, so you can watch if they later "throttle you down" or if you are not getting the advertised speed.

Also lets you compare your speed to others on the same system (and for that matter other systems).

01/17/2005 05:42:52 PM · #18

Day two report...

Mmmm...even the buttons are softer.

Not CLICK.......................w..........a.....i..t.......PAGE!

Now it's more like sploosh.page.

I love high speed...

01/17/2005 05:44:56 PM · #19

Did you try Firefox yet?

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

01/17/2005 05:49:02 PM · #20

No...is it really as good as they say?

Tabbed browsing doesn't sound incredibly great to me...maybe I should try it...

GoldBerry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/17/2005 05:51:02 PM · #21

I'd do it just for the tabs.

I've done worse for a lot less.

hahaha

melking

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

02/07/2005 07:17:18 AM · #22

Woo Yay! I Finally have High Speed Internet! Access just came to our town! How nice it is!

Melissa

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

02/07/2005 08:08:03 AM · #23

Originally posted by melking23:

Woo Yay! I Finally have High Speed Internet! Access just came to our town! How nice it is!

Melissa

Congrats...I'm loving mine!

...not convinced (at all) about Firefox, though...I'm back to IE.

Message edited by author 2005-02-07 08:08:19.

deapee

Kodak V803

02/07/2005 08:09:40 AM · #24

I used mozilla for about 2 weeks...I just feel more comfortable with IE and things seem to load more properly.

The only thing I use mozilla for is because for some reason, when my eyes are strained from being on here for too long, mozilla can make the font size much bigger than IE can.