[Guide] Speeding up Firefox the right way

[neoufo51]

I've compiled this for dialup users. I found it to work the best regardless of computer speed.

user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);

user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", true);

user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);

user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);

user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000);

user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191);

user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);

user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);

user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);

user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);

user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);

user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);

user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);

user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);

user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);

user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);

user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);

user_pref("signed.applets.codebase_principal_support", true); 

user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);

user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 360);

user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 100);

user_pref("network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout", 60);

user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 30);

user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 5);

user_pref("network.http.connect.timeout", 30);

user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", false);

user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);

[McLaren_F1]

cool, neoufo51, ill test that out on my computer :D

[moogleman]

A fast PC is anything more than 1.6 GHz

A slow PC is anything less than 1.6GHz

585430359[/snapback]

How quickly the definition of a "fast" PC changes. I'm guessing within a year anything below 3GHz will be considered "slow." It's funny; the fastest computer I own is 800MHz, and it seems plenty fast for almost everything I do.

[Whitster]

user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);

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);

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can't find the "content" one's in the chromedit or about:config settings...where are they?

585533050[/snapback]

Im having the same problem.

[APL88]

Where in ChomEdit to I copy and paste this stuff? Which tab?

[SadJoker]

Where in ChomEdit to I copy and paste this stuff? Which tab?

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prefs.js

You change 'em, not add 'em. ;)

[johngalt]

From what I had read you put this into user.dis, b/c that does not get erased / overwritten when you install a newer version, and the first thing that Fx does is take the values of user.js and put them in pref.js, over-riding the settings in pref.js....

but I could be wrong....

[johngalt]

this same tweaking guide was posted at TEM as well - and they confirm that these go in the user.js, not prefs.js.

http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=2875