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July 6th, 2009 | by admin |

FireFox 3.5 Speed Hacks about:config - Thirty Day Challenge Forums

Default FireFox 3.5 Speed Hacks about:config
AS of the new update to fireFox 3.5
The Fasterfox add-0n Has not been updated and is not compatible.
So here is the about:config hacks to speed up the Fox

FireFox about:Config Hacks

Note: I have these settings set in Firefox 3.5 and I am having No problems
But, As with any hacking you take the full responsibility for making changes.
I assume no responsibility!!

Tip: Make note of the current settings you have Before changing
You can also Right click on a name and select “Reset” to set the
values back to the default setting.

Reduce the amount of RAM Firefox uses for its cache feature
1. Type “about:config” (no quotes) In the address bar in the browser.

Click on “I’ll be careful, I promise”

In the Filter box/bar…Type in:
browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer
Double click on the name then in the popup box
Set it’s value to “-1″ (That should already be the default for Firefox 3.5)

Increase the Speed at Which Firefox loads pages
(Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once which really speeds up page loading.)

2. In the filter box/bar, Type: network.http. Alter the entries as follows
Double clicking on the name for the “True /False values will auto change them
For the number values, in the popup box set the new value/number.

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy :Set to 10
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server :Set to 10
network.http.pipelining :Set to true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests :Set to 10
network.http.pipelining.ssl :Set to true
network.http.proxy.pipelining :Set to true
network.http.request.max-start-delay :Set to 2

**Over setting can put a lot of load on servers also, So Don’t Over Do It.
Higher settings will not be better!!

3. Lastly type: nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to 0 (Zero)
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages faster now.
If you don’t have this right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. give it the name of the above
and set its value to the above.

Optionally !! (for even faster web browsing) here are some more options for your about:config
(you might have to create some of these entries by Right Click –> New– > Interger or String
But type them in first to see if they are already available

network.dns.disableIPv6: set to false
content.notify.backoffcount :set to 5 (Five)
plugin.expose_full_path :set to true.
ui.submenuDelay :set to 0 (zero)

Reduce RAM usage to 10MB when Firefox is minimized:

This little hack will drop Firefox’s RAM usage down to 10 Mb when minimized:
“config.trim_on_minimize” : set to “true”

If you don’t have this:
1. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
2. In the box that pops up enter “config.trim_on_minimize”. Press Enter.
3. Now select True and then press Enter.
4. Restart Firefox.

Thats it for now