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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: June 22, 2008
- Total Downloads: 344,947
- Downloads last week: 1,613
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 110 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 30, 2009
FireTune for Firefox optimizes Firefox's performance on your computer by allowing you to configure its speed and connection settings. However, we found little or no difference in our computer's performance after we put it to the test.
Right off the bat, we noticed that some of the features this add-on includes, such as the autocompletion of URLs, are features that Firefox already has built into in its current version. It does, however, allow you to set up other optimization features, such as the caching of objects shared over a secure connection, autocomplete for URLs, and optimization of memory usage. The application allows users to "tune" their Firefox by choosing from a list that includes information about how fast your computer and connection is. We tried "Fast Computer, Slower Connection," because we are using a new laptop with a DSL connection. We didn't notice any obvious changes in the performance of Firefox on our computer when we used this program, versus usage of Firefox without it. This add-on might be useful to users with slower computers and connections.
FireTune installs and uninstalls easily on your computer. And since it's free, there's no harm in giving the program a try, especially if you are experiencing performance problems with Firefox, connection problems, or if you are using an older or slower computer.
Publisher's description
From Totalidea Software :FireTune for Mozilla Firefox was developed for an optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts. Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user. FireTune helps you here--it includes all the performance optimizations.
CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
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- Updated to support Firefox 3.x.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 110 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FireTune for Firefox 1.2.0
Pros: It does works... But, not much on me...
Cons: Hard to tell, my internet connection is too slow to feel the change...
Summary: Some swear by it, some swear to it... The result will varies, depend on your computer and Internet connection...
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FireTune for Firefox 1.2.0
"not listed in tools add ons search"
Pros: pretending you're doing something on the computer
Cons: after download opens into download again and again with 3.5.5
Summary: ***
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Version: FireTune for Firefox 1.2.0
Pros: it could speed up firefox but ...
Cons: it doesn't need to be different use different program for speed up firefox.
there's addon called fasterfox liteSummary: u gotta try firefox beta and fiasterfox lite addon thats it!
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Version: FireTune for Firefox 1.2.0
Pros: easy to use and FF is a little faster
Cons: it's in a zip file and could be confusing to install for novice users
Summary: pretty good!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: FireTune for Firefox 1.2.0
Pros: So,why did you, i.e.Cnet,give it 4 stars?
Cons: See comment above.
Summary: I am flabbergasted.
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