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How to Use Google Web Accelerator With Firefox 3
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Google Web Accelerator isn't officially compatible with Firefox 3, at the moment. This means that current users of the products don't really get the speed they are used to. At the same time, there are probably people out there who think the idea of an accelerator sounds interesting, and would like to try it, but they've already installed Firefox 3.

Well, there is a little hack you can do to get it working; however it doesn't enable the little time savings counter, which you can probably live without until the accelerator is upgraded.

To do this, all you need to do is open the Firefox Options (Tools > Options > Network > Advanced > Settings), and tick the box that says "Automatic Proxy Configuration URL."

In the box, enter this: http://localhost:9100/proxy.pac

Restart Firefox, and watch the little accelerator icon "Rev Up" as you look at websites...you've got the Accelerator again!

If you don't already have Firefox, get it here:
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Mikel   |64.57.176.xxx |2009-09-20 11:45:50
Thanks
joy  - javascript:JOSC_emoticon(":kiss:")   |64.255.180.xxx |2009-10-18 22:07:48
thanks....
yan   |203.81.166.xxx |2010-01-24 00:25:21
Thanks a lot
Anonymous   |41.238.11.xxx |2010-02-04 20:28:13
thanx
Trenton  - WOW!   |216.16.62.xxx |2010-09-03 23:38:24
just what i was looking for thanks a lot man!

i was downloading a couple files
and realized that my download speed would start at its usual speed (4-5 hundred
kb/sec... which is good for a wireless basement connection when the router is 2
levels above me) then my speed would slowly start to drop to a mere 10-50
bytes/sec

i was looking into some accelerators when i found Google Web
Accelerator... i was pleased as Google is a trusted name on the internet and 95%
of their products are successes... but then it isnt released for FF3!


thanks for the post -- my download speed is back where it should be!
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