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SpeedChimera - 2.0

Navigation accelerator and hidden feature enabler

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All Time:	(4.5)
This Version:	(4.8)
Current Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2002-11-25
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	860
Downloads (all versions):	16,972

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Product Description:

SpeedChimera allows you to take advantage of speed increase in Chimera by enabling HTTP pipelining in Chimera 0.6. SpeedChimera also provides a GUI that allows you to tweak many hidden preferences and modify standard Chimera preferences.

What's new in this version:

Revamped Interface
"Custom" tab allows you to tweak many hidden features found in Chimera (browser identity, blinking text, auto-complete, history, favicons, tab focusing, minimum font size, etc.)
"Advanced" tab allos you to edit the Chimera preferences in any way you see fit
Now updates information permanently (downloading new Chimera version or updating preferences within Chimera itself won't affect your preferences)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Chimera 0.6
Mac OS X 10.1.4 or higher

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(4.8)	Features:	Not rated (0.0)	Support:	Not rated (0.0)
Ease of Use:	Not rated (0.0)	Quality / Stability:	Not rated (0.0)	Price:	Not rated (0.0)

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The minimum text… - Version: 2.0, 4/20/2003 04:41PM PST

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cameranerd74

size feature is worth the download, but other than that it's not all that useful.

As stated in… - Version: 2.0, 2/21/2003 04:16PM PST

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gregK

Mozilla's documentation, HTTP pipelining is an experimental feature, and some servers (such as VersionTracker's) don't handle it well.

CipherWave_ - I… - Version: 2.0, 1/27/2003 03:10PM PST

Mac Man X

didn't notice any speed increase on my 56K. In fact, pipelining on 56K messed up some page rendering...such as most of VT. Mostly it was graphics loading in the worng place or in place of other graphics.