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#2. Tweak the browser settings. This is all done either in Tools > Options, or by typing in about:config and hitting enter to change the advanced options:
- Enable the pop-up blocking (obviously).
- Disable the "Load images automatically" setting and enter each traffic exchange manually to the exceptions list. This is optional, but it will save you loads of bandwidth. Only traffic exchanges and their surfbars will show pictures; everywhere else, they won't load.
- Leave JavaScript enabled, but disable all its permissions to mess around with Firefox windows in the Advanced tab.
- Disable Java (don't mistake for JavaScript - we do NOT need Java for our surfing profile, nor do we want it (its applets are slow like hell).
- Disable browsing History and all warnings since we don't want nor need them while surfing, and this will save you some resources.
- Advanced option: through about:config, set browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers to 0. This will save you a lot of RAM since Firefox won't cache back/forward pages in system memory (you do not need this when surfing at all).
- Advanced option: in about:config, set browser.sessionstore.enabled to false. This will save you some system resources since Firefox won't be saving your tab info in background to recover it in case of a crash.
- Advanced setting: enable all pipelining settings, and set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to a number between 4 to 8. This will allow Firefox to make multiple requests to the web pages at the same time and should speed up browsing (although it will use a little more CPU, on modern systems it's barely noticeable). Some online blogs tell you to set maxrequests to ridiculously high numbers like 32, but that won't actually improve your speed any more.
#3. Install plugins. These can make your browser do almost anything. We're going to use them for enhanced safety and comfort while surfing. There are two main plugins that I highly recommend if you are using traffic exchanges:
- NoScript disables all scripts and plugins (such as Flash or embedded audio) in all domains except the ones in your whitelist. To use NoScript effectively, you must first disable scripts globally (default setting of the plugin) and then add your trusted sites to its list. In our case, we'll allow all traffic exchange domains. Simply open the traffic exchange that you are a member of, click the little "S" on the right of the status bar, and choose "Allow (traffic-exchange-name).com". Not only this will make your browser the most secure in the world (protecting against all kinds of malware), it will also take care of things like: annoying audio, flash animations, pop-ups or layer ads of any kind, and even framebreakers - as long as this crap doesn't come from the traffic exchange domain itself (and if it does, you probably shouldn't be a member of that particular exchange).
- ReloadEvery is a very simple plugin that can reload a tab (or all of them) every X minutes. This plugin is irreplaceable when using autosurf exchanges with "refreshable" surfbars; just set it to reload all tabs every 15 minutes, and you will be able to achieve 24/7 autosurfing. We need to refresh the surfbars from time to time, because occasionally there are timeouts and other problems that reloading the tab will solve.
#4. Launch all the traffic exchanges at once. This can be achieved in several ways.
First, you can simply open all the traffic exchanges that you surf often, click Bookmarks > Bookmark All Tabs, and save them all in a folder. Now whenever you want to surf, you can open all your favorite traffic surfbars by simply opening the according bookmark folder and clicking "Open All in Tabs".
The second way is extremely useful for autosurfs which have no-login surfbars (the ones where you can start surfing right away, without having to log in). The URL for such surfbar usually looks similar to this:
http://yourautosurf.com/surf.php?id=yourid
How cool would it be to launch 40 of such autosurfs with a single click? I'll show you how. What you have to do is copy URLs of the surfbars, and add them all to your Firefox Homepage field, separated by a sign. For example:
http://surf1.com/surf.php?id=1http://surf2.com/surf.php?id=1http://surf3.com/surf.php?id=1
Naturally, this can be applied to launch all of your manual traffic exchange surfbars at once, too. Just note that you will probably want to create a separate Firefox profile for your auto and manual exchanges. In that case, just follow step #1.
For manual traffic exchanges, you will want to arrange them in such a way, and add such a number of exchanges, so you will always have a ready surfbar to click on. Do not worry too much if you can't keep up with all the timers. The key to efficient manual surfing is having the next surfbar timer ready by the time you switch to the next tab.
Don't forget to use keyboard shortcuts as well: CTRL+TAB sends you to the next tab, while CTRL+1 to 9 lets you access the according Firefox tabs in order they're arranged in.
Just note that the best candidates for this are the autosurfs where you don't have to login (you will notice they're marked in my traffic exchange list) or where your session doesn't expire for long periods of time; also those where you can refresh the surfbar without triggering any "framebreaker protection" dialog box (remember, NoScript provides 100% protection against framebreakers).