Tweak Firefox
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: {I}{K}{E}
This tutorial will enable some features in firefox that will allow pipelining to increase speed in firefox. It opens more connections to browse tons faster.
1. Open about:config
In the title bar of FireFox Open the page "about:config"
2. Locate the Strings
Now you need to find the following strings/options
You can find the correct ones easily by using the filter bar at the top.
Type -> network.http
It should leave you will only a few results. Now find the following.
network.http.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
network.http.proxy.pipelining
Network.http.pipelining -> Double Click to Set to True
Network.http.pipelining.maxrequests -> Double Click and Set to 30
Network.http.proxy.pipelining -> Double Click to Set to True
3. Right click anywhere and hit NEW -> INTEGER
Interger name: nglayout.initialpaint.delay
Value: 0
This will stop the delay that firefox takes before loading a page.
4. Search for:
browser.display.show_image_placeholders -> Double Click to Set to False
Original posted on Neowin, tweaked by {I}{K}{E} for FST
Posted by: accat13
Nice sticky IKE Maybe you could add the MIRC cut paste fix to this as well.Can never remember it. :)
Posted by: madden player
There are several other tweaks you can make to Firefox that make browsing faster :cool:
http://www.tweakfactor.com/articles/tweaks/firefoxtweak/4.html :01:
There is also browser.turbo.enable in the about:config tweaks.
http://img201.echo.cx/img201/2970/browserturboenabledusersetbool.th.jpg (http://img201.echo.cx/my.php?image=browserturboenabledusersetbool.jpg)
Posted by: mufaa
For less advance users, u cld try FasterFox extension which allows u to change the very settings mentioned in this guide and other options too.
Posted by: stillalive
There are several other tweaks you can make to Firefox that make browsing faster :cool:
http://www.tweakfactor.com/articles/tweaks/firefoxtweak/4.html :01:
There is also browser.turbo.enable in the about:config tweaks.
http://img201.echo.cx/img201/2970/browserturboenabledusersetbool.th.jpg (http://img201.echo.cx/my.php?image=browserturboenabledusersetbool.jpg)
thanks! trying those settings right now
Posted by: nakro
very nice thanks !
Posted by: cooliceman
eheheh... i dont know the effect but i tried it... heheh..
Cross finger...
Posted by: enjoy_with_me
many thnx
Posted by: SHRUDE
Coool, seems most of these were enabled in my about:config anyways , but my max connections were set to 40 and i had to set false to the image placeholders.
Thanks!
Posted by: CxTurbo
Thanks,
Helped me out. Some I knew some I did not.
Again thanks for taking the time!
CxTurbo
Posted by: viet
thanks
Posted by: thesixthsensor
awesome thanks
Posted by: elknetld2kil
My problem with FF is that sometimes it takes a minute for it to start.
Posted by: djlove
thax a lot
Posted by: aburyach
Sweet. thnx
Posted by: NetSpider
Awesome , thanks !
Posted by: Chartrukian
Great tut
thkx
Posted by: xmykro
Wow, nice. This worked very well.
Posted by: tjewell71
does firefox really help all that much?
Posted by: _invisible_
thanks dude it realy help me
Posted by: mert1
thanks
Posted by: kukula1
that's awesome man. thanks alot, been looking for this.
god blass ya :w00t:
Posted by: nORE
thanks :D
Posted by: JamesBlunt
great tips thnxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Posted by: 100%
Why not simply use fasterfox extension ?
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
Posted by: {I}{K}{E}
Why not simply use fasterfox extension ?
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
the more extentions you use the slower firefox becomes.
Posted by: 100%
True
but
Still
Posted by: BIRANCHI
Thanks For Ur Valuable Tips , Want More Of It
Posted by: Kantona
Thanks :) will use these tips
Posted by: Kruger
Thanks, will try this out! ;)
Posted by: peat moss
Can't help but think where's the FireFox 2 tips ? Was wondering if anyone had some "about config." tweaks for FF2 ?
I see Fasterfox 2.0 is out for FF2 now . Released 10/30/06 . :)
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1269/
Posted by: {I}{K}{E}
Can't help but think where's the FireFox 2 tips ? Was wondering if anyone had some "about config." tweaks for FF2 ?
I see Fasterfox 2.0 is out for FF2 now . Released 10/30/06 . :)
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1269/
tweaks for FF2.0 are all the same.
Posted by: Wolfmight
Fasterfox 2.0 actually slows down my website display speed. I tried all the different options and I get the fastest time without the add-on enabled.
btw IKE, I just saw that movie I was in with Elisha Cuthbert. It was Dark, but she was Hot...none the less. The name of the flick was "The Quiet". It's VERY dark for a movie though, so I think the critiques started forming a conga-line during the screening.
http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/the-quiet-still.jpg
Posted by: grchl3
thanks for the great tips.
Posted by: tut123408
firefox gets much faster when this is set
Posted by: Skillz808
thank you much for this helped me out alot.
Posted by: gatorade
hope it really works...
Posted by: madden player
adding these performance related tweaks (forgot where I found 'em) to my user.js (http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#user) file made the biggest speed performance boost for me - using firefox 2.0 btw
// Performance-related
user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 20000); // default: -1 (calculate dynamically); bug 105344
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", true); // default: true
user_pref("browser.chrome.image_icons.max_size", 0); // default: 1024; max img dimension in either direction for which a thumbnail favicon will be created; bug 304561
user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers",0); // default: -1 (calculate dynamically); bug 292965
user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 10); //default:25
user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true); // default: true
user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true); // default: true
user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 750000); // default: 3 * notify.interval; bug 76722
user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191); // default: 8191; bugs 25509, 77540
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5); // default: -1 (never)
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000); // default: 120000; bug 72138
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true); // default: true
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000); // default: 750000; bug 76722
user_pref("layout.reflow.async.duringDocLoad", true); // default: true
user_pref("layout.reflow.timeslice", 250000); // default: 1000000
user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true); // default: false; bug 68796
user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 50); // default: 20
user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 3600); // seconds; default: 60
user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 60); // default: 300
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 100);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 20);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 20);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 10);
user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 0); // default: 10
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 30);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.redirection-limit", 5); // default: 20
user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); // default: 250
user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 0); // default 2
user_pref("viewmanager.do_doublebuffering", true); // default: true; bug 169483
Posted by: koldy
thax a lot
Posted by: Kytter
I think on 2.0 its by default .. :]
thanks btw.
Posted by: madden player
I think on 2.0 its by default .. :]
2.0 has the user.js (http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#user) file by default, or some of the advanced tweaks already optimized by default ?
I can use the pref Network.prefetch-next (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.prefetch-next) as an example. By default, this annoying prefs value is true, i had to set it manually to false.
Posted by: Kytter
ok, its isnt by default .. you need to make it by yourself, its easy.
Posted by: LilAznAccommodator
@MaddenPlayer: Thanks for that testing out that config as I haven't really messed around with the settings in a while.
Posted by: madden player
Tweaking firefox performance/appearance
Customizing Mozilla
http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html
Post your userFiles! - MozillaZine Forums
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=244616
TweakGuides.com - Firefox Tweak Guide
http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_1.html
Ad Blocking
Adblock Filterset Generator (beta)
http://adblock.jonasjohn.de/
Gozer.org: Mozilla: Ad Blocking
http://www.gozer.org/mozilla/ad_blocking/
Blocking ads on the Internet with a list of ad server hostnames and IP addresses
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
the possibilities r practically endless, happy tweakin, happy browsing
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Posted by: Slashi
thx for tweaks and the AddOns !
Now FireF0X is my N1 :)
Posted by: tinker77
Sweet, thanks for the info. Anyone knows of really good " can't live without" extensions?
Posted by: btqfas
Thank you, these are useful thingies. :)
Posted by: kazaaman
Can't live without Extensions are FlashGot and Greasemonkey!
Posted by: FlipRising21
yea same i love extensions preciate the guide i dont know if there any imporvement but i think it will give me a placebo effect =)
Posted by: scarecrownz
thanx a lot, this is much better :w00t:
Posted by: nfsbeeddd
wooow so good thNK YOU
Posted by: Alien5
thanks its alot faster.
Posted by: popan
very nice thanks
Posted by: docabby
thanks....!
Posted by: mpli
Thanks. I am new to firefox. I got faster performance in firefox over IE even without the tweaks. Now it's flying with the tweaks.
Posted by: ngs_raider
tweaked it and it seems quite faster than before. thanks!
Posted by: FaceX2
Thanks,
Will be trying some of these out
Posted by: djoser
Much faster!
Posted by: WhoopDeDoo
Very cool, thanks!
Posted by: C[a]N
if u use any linux distro try swiftfox...
Posted by: dcycos
if u use any linux distro try swiftfox...
yes for linux swiftfox is cool
Posted by: bezel
great tips thnx
Posted by: biggrizz
Thank you for this.
Will give it a try.
:D
Posted by: shonuff
Very good guide, thanks.
Posted by: drago2007
Great info, thanks!
Posted by: yaheard
Thanks to everyone who posted links, very helpful! Gonna be a late night
Posted by: andreqm
Cool tutorial, I had no idea about these settings...
Lets see how it improves the speed here...
Posted by: smirnoff
thnx man
Posted by: R3n3g4D0
idoes it really work? i mean why the firefox programmers would use that default setting if it's slower.
Posted by: Dooskey
Thanks for the tips - much appreciated.
Posted by: shazzar
Great info. Thanks!
Posted by: pancho
Thank you for this help
Posted by: djxkape
thanks this will help
Posted by: ZiP90
Yeah! This is what i wanted! Thx!
Posted by: lxgamer
Good Work! thanks,
Posted by: monk3y
thanks a lot nice guide
Posted by: Hiii
I Love Firefox ... Thank You ...
Posted by: adibdimitri
woot! thanks! that's great, especially the page delay thing.
Posted by: RUSSEL
Thanks for the info,grt work.
Posted by: Funnyguy
Thank you for the Tutortial, my FF is opening up lightening quick, cheers
Posted by: David™
FF Kicks A$$ and ^Hello FG
Posted by: bananawombat
thanks for the info. This has made a big difference to my Firefox speed.
Posted by: ven0m
Don't need to go through the hassle of doing all this.. Just download the FF add-on plugin called FasterFox... does all of this for you and more! :)
Posted by: TheRealGiant
Thanks for this, hope it brings some extra speed. :)
Posted by: slim150
Don't need to go through the hassle of doing all this.. Just download the FF add-on plugin called FasterFox... does all of this for you and more! :)
FasterFox blows!!!! Talk about a waste of resources. When you are at a website, it secretly follows links on the page downloading all the content -- assuming that you'll click them. I don't like that idea, and quite a waste of processing power.
Posted by: SAM
good work thanks
Posted by: sexydingo
Don't need to go through the hassle of doing all this.. Just download the FF add-on plugin called FasterFox... does all of this for you and more! :)
I second this.
Posted by: fantasyx72
i change it too red
Posted by: Alexson777
thanks for this guide
Posted by: kelly338825
Thanks for this guide. I just cleaned my computer earlier, and now after seeing your guide I also have tweaked firefox. I didnt know about some of these options before.Thanks.
Posted by: NDroid
Great tutorial, helped me a lot.
Posted by: aysomc
did this a while ago, you can really feel the difference. i would use it even if it was slow though, i hate IE.
Posted by: whiteacid
Thanks. I knew most of them but I'd forgot to do any of it on my laptop :)
Posted by: munkyboy04
I didnt know you could do that. Thats cool really notice the difference.
why doesnt it install like this?
Posted by: poulpe
thanxxx,
not sure I can feel the difference but let's see
Posted by: MaaxHimself
Nice tut {I}{K}{E} (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/../members/ike-10283)
Saw this awhile ago, but just tried it for myself.
Thanks
Posted by: Aaxel21
Nice. Thanks for the info.
Posted by: mera
It really worked. Thanks a lot!
Posted by: Magnum
Nice job.Thanks a lot for the info!!!!
Posted by: LRm
Nice tutorial.....
Posted by: hbkwarez
kwel
Posted by: spacemen22
Didn't notice a difference in speed like everyone else did, but thanks anyways. Probably because my cpu usage is always under 5%. Of course I bet I could find a way to fix that searching around the forum here. This place is awesome!
Posted by: DavidJCD
Cool!!
very nice! thanks
Posted by: supermoe
many tnx
Posted by: cbzakis
thanx!!
I already knew some of them but others...:D
Posted by: LRm
now, let's tweak! :D
Posted by: RAW666
I notice a minor difference on some sites that used to be slower, maybe i will notice a bigger difference over time.
Thanks a lot.
Posted by: lordrohith
The fasterfox extension does this I think..
Posted by: spacemen22
Alot of times when I try to go to a website with firefox, it just stays loading. Often I have to click the refresh button ALOT with firefox to load the whole web page.
I can't be the only to be experiencing these problems...anyone have trouble like this?
Posted by: ktasera
Yeah, I've had that problem before. I'm not sure you can blame firefox though.
Fasterfox extension worked really well, thanks for the suggestion.
Posted by: sefo
thanks dude its pretty useful
Posted by: sefo
thanks dude its pretty useful
Posted by: yuris
thanks x 999999999 :D
Posted by: youkorea
oh, good
Posted by: axlrose17
nice tweak...
Posted by: suppie727
omg...thanks...just did it...works like magic
Posted by: NorBis
very nice thanks !
Posted by: r0sWell
very interesting.
just applied the tweaks, hehe :-)
Posted by: Magnum
Great tips.Thanks a lot for this!
Posted by: Quarter
Very helpfull thanks!
Posted by: Disme
Anybody having trouble with Firefox sometimes consuming heaps of memory.
What sometimes happens is when you minimize Firefox it stops consuming memory, however when you maximize it again the memory usage will increase, sometimes even doubling.
To prevent this you only have to make a small adjustment:
1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config (http://about%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:config), press Enter.
2. Right-click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter "config.trim_on_minimize" (without "") and
press Enter.
4. Select True, press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox and it should be fixed.
Worked fine for me.
;)
Posted by: (I)
Yeah thanks man
Posted by: toperete
Anybody having trouble with Firefox sometimes consuming heaps of memory.
What sometimes happens is when you minimize Firefox it stops consuming memory, however when you maximize it again the memory usage will increase, sometimes even doubling.
To prevent this you only have to make a small adjustment:
1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config (http://about%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:config), press Enter.
2. Right-click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter "config.trim_on_minimize" (without "") and
press Enter.
4. Select True, press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox and it should be fixed.
Worked fine for me.
;)
thanks for the info.