Firefox help needed

[runningdog]

I know that are some Firefox enthusiasts here. I am new to Firefox and am frustrated by the popup box that informs the user that:

“whateverpage.com cannot be found. Please check the name and try again.”

I get this box a lot because of where I am living at the moment. Is there any way to disable it or get a simple 404 like in the *other* browser?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

[Madcatmk2]

Put this in web address box: about:config
Goto browser.xul.error_pages.enabled and doubleclick on it. Restart FF.

"
browser.xul.error_pages.enabled

Type: Boolean

True (default in Firefox 1.5 and above): The browser will use error pages.
False (default in Firefox 1.0.x and below): The browser will use error alert boxes.
"

For more information about about:config and FF parameters go here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries#Alerts..2A

[runningdog]

Much appreciated. Thanks for the info. I will give this a try.