ryanmcv Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I am on a college network that prohibits downloading or uploading over 300 KB/s for more than 3 minutes. If you exceed that limit, you are placed in a "penalty box" for 24 hours where your bandwidth is limited to 256 kbps (~32 KB/s). With Firefox 3.5, I used an add-on called Firefox Throttle so I could set my download limit to 275 KB/s when downloading large files. This add-on is not compatible with Firefox 3.6. Is there an alternative program I can use that will have the same effect? I am running Windows 7 64-bit. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakes Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 You can always force the add-on's version to work with Firefox 3.6. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_an_add-on_to_change_its_compatibility Download to your computer a copy of the extension (the ".xpi" file). Extract (unzip) the .xpi file. It is simply a zipped file with an .xpi extension, so you should be able to use something like unzip or Stuffit-expander (on Mac) to extract it. Open the "install.rdf" file with a text editor such as Notepad. Find a tagline like this showing the "maxVersion" number (in this case 2.0, but it may differ depending on the extension): <em:maxVersion>2.0</em:maxVersion> Change the "2.0" to "3.0.*" or whatever you need (the * covers any minor updates to release versions). That tells the installer that the version can be installed with the corresponding version number of Firefox or Thunderbird. Optionally, to indicate that you modified the extension for your own private use, you can also edit the lines describing the author/contributor and version of the extension. Save the changes you made to the install.rdf file. Create a zip archive containing all the files that were in the original .xpi file, including your modified install.rdf file. Rename it to "myExt.xpi" or whatever you like. The crucial thing here is to use ".xpi" for the file extension. Strongly recommended: before installing the extension, make a temporary backup of your profile folder or at least of the "extensions" folder inside your profile folder, which contains the installed extensions. That way, if something goes wrong, you can revert the changes easily. Finally, install the extension: If it's a Firefox extension, open the .xpi file from Firefox and it should install. If it's a Thunderbird extension, install it via the "Tools -> Add-ons" menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted January 23, 2010 MVC Share Posted January 23, 2010 Or you could always try Netlimiter. I think its free and you can set limits per application and set one for firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Xinok Subscriber² Posted January 23, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 23, 2010 Or you could always try Netlimiter. I think its free and you can set limits per application and set one for firefox. The free version only monitors traffic. You have to purchase it if you want it to control bandwidth. You can do what Cupcakes said, or get the Nightly Tester Tools addon, which will let you use "incompatible" extensions in Firefox. You can also use a download manager which lets you set a max download speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmcv Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 The free version only monitors traffic. You have to purchase it if you want it to control bandwidth. You can do what Cupcakes said, or get the Nightly Tester Tools addon, which will let you use "incompatible" extensions in Firefox. You can also use a download manager which lets you set a max download speed. Thanks! I installed the Nightly Tester Tools, enabled Firefox Throttle, and everything seems to be working fine. Great tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwind Hawk Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 What college is this??? Geesh, they should limit you themselves rather than "PENALIZE" you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmcv Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 What college is this??? Geesh, they should limit you themselves rather than "PENALIZE" you. My school has about 2,500 students and a 100mbit connection. Why they insist on restricting our bandwidth so much is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpcarr Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 It seems that Firefox Throttle doesn't work well with newer versions of Firefox, so I have uploaded some files for archival purposes. To get Firefor 3.6.25 (or more recent if they are still updating it), http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-older.html but if you can't get the English version that still works with Throttle try: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6.25&os=win〈=en-US or finally the binary installation file which I archived at: http://ppl.ug/y56hcfglhBM/ I like to use Firebug Addon when testing with old slow browsers (part of the simulation) and that is from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/ or my archive at: http://ppl.ug/vETnVoiwA18/ I made up a version of Throttle which will install and run with any Firefox above 1.5 and below 4.0 (as far as I know). It is just a simple hack on the max version check as described previously in this thread, but if you want an off the shelp Addon, my archive is ffthrottle2.xpi at: http://ppl.ug/d_lgWpElQkA/ This does make a pretty nice compatability test for those of us who want to verify function on dial up lines, but don't have any dial up lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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