Brodel Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I was wondering what people feel is the best optimizer for browsing, I tried fasterfox before but it blocked gmail, the others Ive seen are FireTune and Google Web Accelerator. Does anyone have any recomendations or maybe I shouldn't use any at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_00 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 about:config Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 about:config word :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Well Fasterfox is good because it does not have many useless entries and if you choose "custom" or what it is called you dont have to use a fixed preset. So easier than user.js or about:config. Problem you had could have been "Enhanced prefetch" what makes Fasterfox special. See his FAQ on website, bandwidth eater or speed up... Just turn it off and you have easy to use interface for tweaks that matters. If you uninstall Fasterfox it might be a good idea to chose Firefox defaults preset - or last chosen values will still be active in prefs.js I think. Firetune at least used to have entries which didnt even mean anything. May be it has improved but could be the typical tweaker program = more is bettter, max/min values. Like "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" is best with 0 where some swear by higher values like 500 or 750, 1000 even. Fasterfox never messed up my Gmail but I didnt use Enhanced prefetch, have also turned off build-in prefetch - cant tell the difference so I conclude I have no need. This is my "preset" entries in user.js: user_pref("browser.chrome.image_icons.max_size", 0); user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", true); user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false); user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 31744); user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 5); user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true); user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true); user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 6); user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 750); 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", 6); user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4); user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.learning.mode", 2); Actually I dont see much need for this though delay thing is nice and noticeable. May be because I also use Adblock and what it does works better with more delay, dont know. Speed is relative, if you do some of those benchmark tests you will probably find no Adblock give better results and yet Adblock is definitely a major speed booster during regular browsing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpgeek Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 What does this do ? user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.learning.mode", 2) Never seen anything on that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 (edited) Shouldnt be there, nothing to do with optimizing. Something I found here http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ml/autocomplete/ Think it is redundant today - no dump files I can see. Had forgotten about it. http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries should be updated for 1.5? If so it is easy to look up what is active today. Edited January 10, 2006 by Tarzan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy07 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 fasterfox doesn't block gmail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KunalSethi Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 USe fasterfox an extension for improving internet speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambience Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 supernova_00 has a few Firefox speed tweaks on his website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisCr0ss Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 i find fasterfox works great, no problems with gmail either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Fasterfox, never had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Fasterfox is great and never had any problems with gmail either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gertin Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Fasterfox is great and never had any problems with gmail either.... Me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I prefer to set the settings manually so I get complete control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Patri0t Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I use Fasterfox. It is the best indeed. :) Give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eva Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Fasterfox, i will have a try right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpsFugazi Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I tried FasterFox. Firetune is way better. :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted October 19, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 19, 2006 Most people seem to like the config I posted a while back. It's simply a custom user.js that does most of what all these extensions try to do: http://www.bangbang023.com/wordpress/archives/227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadeater Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Chromedit Plus is a good "optimizer." It edits your .js and .css files, and can find and open your current profile and chrome folders so you don't have to make any additional shortcuts or guess where the right files are. http://webdesigns.ms11.net/chromeditp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copernic Reporter Posted October 22, 2006 Reporter Share Posted October 22, 2006 Firetune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eilegz Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 firetune and fasterfox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwall Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Most people seem to like the config I posted a while back. It's simply a custom user.js that does most of what all these extensions try to do: http://www.bangbang023.com/wordpress/archives/227 cool link ! :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted October 22, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 22, 2006 omg old thread :p I use fasterfox myself (it doesnt block gmail for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Most people seem to like the config I posted a while back. It's simply a custom user.js that does most of what all these extensions try to do:http://www.bangbang023.com/wordpress/archives/227 On the page where it say copy ?%UserProfile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles? with the quotes, it only seems to wwithout the quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 On the page where it say copy ?%UserProfile%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles? with the quotes, it only seems to wwithout the quotes. that was a typo probably, most people know it's not to include the quotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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