Users of Firefox 3 might find it extremely slow when resolving DNS addresses when compared to Google Chrome, or even Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8!

The problem lies with Firefox 3′s implementation of IPv6. By default, Firefox 3 would try IPv6 first. If your network is not IPv6, where 99% of us belongs to, then Firefox 3 would wait for timeout and try with IPv4. You might have lost lots of miliseconds just waiting for IPv6 to timeout. The delay is even more apparent when accessing localhost or LAN sites.

The solution, for now, is to set the following setting to false in “about:config“:

network.dns.disableIPv6 = false

Restart Firefox 3 and enjoy the magic!

Open source foundation Mozilla.org has released the highly anticipated 3rd major update to its popular free browser, Firefox.

The new Firefox 3.0 sports over 10,000 fixes and enhancements that will improve the security, performance and usability of this open source browser…at least according to its creators.

In addition, Mozilla.org has also pledged fans worldwide to download Firefox 3.0 from its official sites in order  claim “Most downloaded Internet software in 24 hours” title in the Guiness Book of Records.

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I’m proud to announce that TheBits.info is now being served by a popular free DNS service, EveryDNS.Net. Until this evening, TheBits.info was served by eNom Inc’s default name servers, which readers often complain to be slow and unreliable.

Thank you so much to Michael for suggesting it and Caric for his authority :p

Election Time in Malaysia…a cloud of uncertainty and unrest looms over… 

Anticipating severe load, MalaysiaKini.com created mirror sites to provide live election results. But at around 3pm British Time, MalaysiaKini.com, one of the most popular sources of independent news in Malaysia went offline.

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