The first thing that you should do is to get the latest Mozilla Firefox at the Get Firefox Homepage. This is to ensure you get the latest bug fixed and enhancements. Then, you can apply these tricks.
For geek user
1. Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally Firefox 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. Just like the concept of internet download manager which offer faster file download speed.
2. Change the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select 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 recieves.
For Beginners
Another way is to use an extension called Fasterfox. Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay. A good alternative if you don’t want to mess up with your Firefox settings.
Tips Reducing Firefox memory usage
-There is a report of some Firefox extensions that may cause Firefox to slow down. Uninstalling them will fix that. This is a list of a few of the extensions that cause these problems.
- IE Tab (memory leak)
- Session Saver (memory leak)
- ForecastFox (memory leak)
- Filterset.G Updater AND FlashGot used in conjunction will produce a memory leak
- FasterFox doesn’t have a memory leak specifically, but it will not help your Firefox performance.
- Tabbrowser (slows Firefox)
- FoxyTunes (memory leak)
*Tab browsing is built into Firefox and it is a great time saver. This feature also helps your computer to conserve memory a lot since it don’t require you to open a new window to browse new page. You can use it by pressing (Ctrl+T)
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October 5th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Migrating from Opera to Firefox with frustration about this dowload delay and page requst waiting. Was just about to deinstall FF again then i found this geek recipe. With that and the refresh of the download.rdf my frustration was over within a minute or two. Awesome. This advice rocks, bigtime. Another FF user saved.
October 9th, 2007 at 9:17 am
If you make a VPN connection the above tweaks will not work very well. On normal web pages it helps the speed, but if you need to VPN with your work place etc, skip it. Or if you want go ahead and try, but you will take those entries back to default.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:08 am
can u give tweak for speed firefox 3
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 am
Hi,
The tips given were good. Thanks.
Regards,
Allahbaksh Mohammedali Asadullah
August 3rd, 2008 at 6:56 am
What about Mac users (always forgotten) how can we tweak Firefox?
November 8th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Hi, thanks for excellent tweak, keep it up.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Thanks for the very cool tweak tip!
April 19th, 2009 at 1:38 am
hey dude,
thnx for the tips