Firefox FireTune Utility Includes Useless Tweak(s)
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 11/07/2005 03:19 PM [ Print | 4 comment(s) ] · 2401 views
Another day, another program that spreads misinformation. You would think by now people would do five minutes of research before providing others with advice. In this case the FireTune Tweak Utility made by TOTALidea falls for the old /prefetch:1 shortcut myth. FireTune claims to improve Firefox performance using Placebo effect tweaks like this? I wonder how many other useless tweaks are included in this utility?
Ryan Myers of the Microsoft's Windows Client Performance Team has already debunked this Myth months ago. Yet judging by the download numbers at MajorGeeks over 600,000 people have been suckered in, lovely.
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Ryan Myers of the Microsoft's Windows Client Performance Team has already debunked this Myth months ago. Yet judging by the download numbers at MajorGeeks over 600,000 people have been suckered in, lovely.
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TSThomas Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-05-10 |
It's not just Firetune, I've seen several windows tweak guides recommending this same switch. Funnily enough, even a few Firefox guides do - that's probably how Firetune picked up the tip too. |
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TSThomas Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-05-10 |
Actually, now that I think of it, the biggest placebo/misunderstood setting in Firefox is nglayout.initialpaint.delay |
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LoVMephisto Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: 2003-09-07 |
@ author Wow, thanks for that useless piece of information! Go rant in your crappy blog about it but keep trash like this out of W2S! |
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bolan2005 Unregistered |
very good |


