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// Performance
// This will allow Firefox to maintain it GUI memory so that the browser window
user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", false);
// Specify the amount of memory cache:
// -1 = determine dynamically (default), 0 = none, n = memory capacity in kilobytes
// If you have the memory to spare, enabling this will run things a little smoother
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536); //<-- thus equal about 64 megs, drop down to less if you can't spare the RAM
// Remove painting delay when loading pages
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); // Default is 250
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true); // Turn on timer-based reflow management
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 100); // Sets the allowed time between reflows in microseconds
// Set the number of reflows to do before waiting for the rest of the page to arrive
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 200);
// Other Tweaks
user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000);
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);
// Enable Improve pipelining:
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.firstrequest", true); // Default is false
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8); // Default is 4
// Increase Multi-Threaded Downloading performance
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 96); // Default is 24 <-- Use this for modems
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 32); // Default is 8 <-- Use this for modems
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 24); // Default is 4 <-- Use this for modems
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 12); // Default is 2 <-- Use this for modems
// Other Tweaks
user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 86400);
user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 256);
user_pref("network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout", 60);
user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 30);
user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
// Shows an error page instead of an error popup dialog, have been using this for a long time now
// found this useful if you load multiple pages at the same the dialog box actually holds up the browser
// using this will allow the other pages/elements to load for the rest of the pages
user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);
// Searching & Type Ahead
// Change to normal Google search:
user_pref("keyword.URL", "*google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=");
// Find As You Type Configuration:
// Set this pref to false to disable Find As You Type:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true);
// If you set this pref to true, typing can automatically start Find As You Type.
// If false (default), you must hit / (find text) or ' (find links) before your search.
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart", true);
// Set this pref to false if you want Find As You Type to search normal text too:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly", false);
// Set this pref to true if you require that the link starts with the entered text:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.startlinksonly", false);
// This is the time in milliseconds for the Find As You Type to stop watching for keystrokes:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout", 3000);
// User Interface
// Enable Bookmark Icons (I love this feature)
user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", true);
user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", true);
user_pref("browser.chrome.load_toolbar_icons", 2);
// Do not Reuse Active Mozilla Browser, create a new one for email links etc.
user_pref("advanced.system.supportDDEExec", false);
// Disable Smooth Scrolling (found it faster to have this off)
user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false);
// Allows for faster mouse scrolling
user_pref("mousewheel.withnokey.numlines", 6); // Adjust this accordingly - Default = 1
user_pref("mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines", false); // This must be set to false in order to read previous line
user_pref("extensions.disabledObsolete", true);
user_pref("browser.display.show_image_placeholders", true);
// 1.0 Preview disables dynamic theme switching, this re-enables dynamic theme switching.
user_pref("extensions.dss.enabled", true);
// Mail & News
user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);
// always send messages in MIME format (both plain- and HTML-formatted)
user_pref("mail.default_html_action", 3);
// The follow two are disabled for security reasons
user_pref("mailnews.message_display.allow.plugins", false);
user_pref("javascript.allow.mailnews"),
user_pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 7000);
// Disable this for performance and security issues when reading emails
// Security issues? Yes especially with zlib, jpeg, png and all kinds of new attacks coming out,
// displaying images inline can no longer be taken for granted. This only affects attached graphics.
user_pref("mail.inline_attachments", false);
user_pref("mailnews.show_send_progress", false);
// Security
// Just to make sure, disable windows shell: protocol
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.shell", false);
// Show full path for plugin file on about:plugins page
// the full path was removed for security purposes, please keep that in mind
// Note: showing full paths can be a security risk only use when debuging.
user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", false);
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