Comments on: How-To: Faster requests with Mozilla Firefox http://www.user-agents.com/2009/02/16/how-to-faster-requests-with-mozilla-firefox-dns.html World of browsers and user agents Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Midzuki http://www.user-agents.com/2009/02/16/how-to-faster-requests-with-mozilla-firefox-dns.html/comment-page-1#comment-533 Midzuki Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:49:35 +0000 http://www.user-agents.com/?p=44#comment-533 The "IPv6 issue" of the Gecko-based browsers is well-known since 2005, IIRC. However, their IPv6-support still is turned on by default, which is a serious design flaw. In this way, Mozilla ignores the cached info from the DNS Client of Windows and is always "looking up..." @ the ISP's DNS server, which is damn annoying indeed. The “IPv6 issue” of the Gecko-based browsers is well-known since 2005, IIRC. However, their IPv6-support still is turned on by default, which is a serious design flaw. In this way, Mozilla ignores the cached info from the DNS Client of Windows and is always “looking up…” @ the ISP’s DNS server, which is damn annoying indeed.

]]> By: Fabio Bacigalupo http://www.user-agents.com/2009/02/16/how-to-faster-requests-with-mozilla-firefox-dns.html/comment-page-1#comment-238 Fabio Bacigalupo Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:15:18 +0000 http://www.user-agents.com/?p=44#comment-238 Frankly spoken I have not done it all that scientific. I noticed a delay in DNS resolution and googled for a solution. The above tip came up. I tried it and it got the job done. I admit I just assumed FF would do IPv6 requests by default nowadays. I know you guys work hard on IPv6 and we need it rather sooner than later. Posts like this probably feel like a stab into the heart. I totally support IPv6 from a technical point of view but as a user I just want the best experience. The above settings did the trick for me. Sorry if I wasn't all accurate about the technical details. Frankly spoken I have not done it all that scientific. I noticed a delay in DNS resolution and googled for a solution. The above tip came up. I tried it and it got the job done. I admit I just assumed FF would do IPv6 requests by default nowadays.

I know you guys work hard on IPv6 and we need it rather sooner than later. Posts like this probably feel like a stab into the heart. I totally support IPv6 from a technical point of view but as a user I just want the best experience. The above settings did the trick for me.

Sorry if I wasn’t all accurate about the technical details.

]]> By: Derek Morr http://www.user-agents.com/2009/02/16/how-to-faster-requests-with-mozilla-firefox-dns.html/comment-page-1#comment-235 Derek Morr Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:23:11 +0000 http://www.user-agents.com/?p=44#comment-235 Do you have a packet capture or log file showing that FireFox is trying to query over IPv6 or for AAAA records? Do you have a packet capture or log file showing that FireFox is trying to query over IPv6 or for AAAA records?

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