speed up firefox

[dreamcatcher]

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Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the true / false booleans - they’ll change when you double click.

browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – true
network.http.max-connections – 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy – 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server – 4
network.http.pipelining – true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests – 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining – true
network.http.request.timeout – 300


One more thing… Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a NEW -> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0”. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Since you’re broadband - it shouldn’t have to wait.

Now you should notice you’re loading pages MUCH faster now!




If you use Firefox, here are some tips to make it "better"

If you search your "Documents and Settings" folder for "prefs.js", you can find your Firefox profile directory.

In the directory with prefs.js, create (or edit) a new file called "user.js". Anything placed in this file will override the prefs.js file.


//begin my preferences

// Instead of annoying error dialog messages, display pages:
user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);

// More DOM/JavaScript options
// Make sure all pop-up windows are resizable:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);
// Make sure all pop-up windows are minimizable:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
// Always display the menu in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
// Always display the Navigation Toolbar in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);
// Prevent sites from disabling scrollbars:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);

// Disable Bookmark Icons
user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);

//stop sites from spawning new browsers
user_pref("browser.block.target_new_window", true);
user_pref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", true);
user_pref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.urlbar", true);

//gets rid of display quirk with images
user_pref("browser.display.show_image_placeholders", false);

//use bandwidth more effeciently and maybe load sites faster
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.firstrequest", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", Cool;
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);
user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 4Cool;
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", Cool;

//use memory for caching 65535 might be better for 1GB of RAM
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 16384);


From there, browse into the "chrome" directory. Create or edit this files.

"userChrome.css"

/* Make menus XP style */
menupopup, popup {
border: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-left-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-top-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-right-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
-moz-border-bottom-colors: ThreeDShadow !important;
padding: 2px !important;
background-color: Menu !important;
}
menubar > menu {
border: 1px solid transparent !important;
padding: 2px 5px 2px 7px !important;
margin: 0 !important;
}
menubar > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
background-color : Highlight !important;
color: HighlightText !important;
}

/* Change color of active tab */
tab{
-moz-appearance: none !important;
}
tab[selected="true"] {
background-color: rgb(222,218,210) !important;
color: black !important;
}

/* Change color of normal tabs */
tab:not([selected="true"]) {
background-color: rgb(200,196,188) !important;
color: gray !important;
}

 

[gary4gar]

better use fatser fox instead of all these settings

 

[E.T.]

Opera is faster anyway without any tweaks.

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

yeah better use fasterfox , it automates all this and it's easier to revert back .

 

[ashisharya]

opera is much faster and secure than firefox without applying any tweaks

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

opera does not render most sites correctly , u're better off using firefox

 

[QwertyManiac]

I dont notice any speed differnce between Opera or Fx, Fx is simple and pure browsing. Opera is jazzy and complex for a switcher... Now stop and continue Fx discussions, dont create wars everywhere...

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

i Agree With Qwerty , just use what u like

 

[Swizzeron]

firefox perfforms much better with the tweaks than opera

 

[JGuru]

Yeah FireFox is better. You can have loads of very useful extensions for FireFox.
*addons.mozilla.org/firefox/

You can also have your Regional Language pack installed and view certain websites in your regional language, Opera fails in this department.Also Opera renders certain web sites very poorly.