How to make ff faster!

[xpgeek]

hey I had some other lines also that I'd like to ask if they are now obsolete or not

user_pref("browser.turbo.enabled", true);

Completely obsolete, does nothing.

"Pref removed (obsolete). Previously:

Determined whether to load browser in "Turbo Mode" (aka "quick launch") (Windows/Mozilla Suite only)

True: Load some Mozilla code into memory on Windows boot

False (default): Load browser normally on program execution"

user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true); <--- increases speed when disabled?

Up to you, I've found it does increase page loading times a little, but it kind of messed up large file download speeds for me on some sites.

user_pref("network.enableIDN", false);

"Determines whether to use IDN (International Domain Name) support in the browser"

No reason to turn it off really. Was a security issue for about a week til they fixed it.

user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);

"Determines whether to display "Single Window Mode" settings in preferences.

True: Show "Force links that open in new windows to open in..." options under "Tools → Options → Advanced → Tabbed Browsing"

False (default): Opposite of above"

Pretty sure they're shown by default now in 1.5

user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000); <--- I have it at 750,000 instead of 200,000. What does that line do?

"Determines how long to wait for user input (mouse movement or typing) in microseconds until switching to low frequency interrupt mode. (High frequency interrupt mode provides better UI responsiveness at the expense of load time.) Default value is 750000."

user_pref("extensions.dss.enabled", 1); <--- This doesnt work at all. I dont remember where I got the info to put that line (which is dynamic skin switch)

"True: Enable dynamic skin (theme) switching.

False (default): Require a browser restart when switching themes.

Note: Switching themes dynamically is buggy"

user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 5); <-- to load from cache?

"Determines the maximum number of content viewers to cache for "bfcache" (fast back/forward navigation). Default value is -1 (calculate based on available memory). All values less than 0 are equivalent.

Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only."

Info from here :

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:...:config_Entries

[IceDogg]

hey I had some other lines also that I'd like to ask if they are now obsolete or not

user_pref("browser.turbo.enabled", true);

user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true); <--- increases speed when disabled?

user_pref("network.enableIDN", false);

user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);

user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000); <--- I have it at 750,000 instead of 200,000. What does that line do?

user_pref("extensions.dss.enabled", 1); <--- This doesnt work at all. I dont remember where I got the info to put that line (which is dynamic skin switch)

user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 5); <-- to load from cache?

Explains each about:config setting

The Turbo one was for faster launching Firefox nothing to do with browsing, and it's obsolete.

The IPv6 setting Determines whether to perform IPv6 name lookups, so if it's disabled I'm sure it will give a slight performance improvement.

user_pref("network.enableIDN", false); Determines whether to use IDN (International Domain Name) support in the browser. So again you might see a slight improvement. And I think this was used as a security fix work around at one time. Meaning it plug a security hole...but that's since been fixed.

user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);Determines whether to display "Single Window Mode" settings in preferences. Nothing to do with speed at all.

user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);Determines how long to wait for user input (mouse movement or typing) in microseconds until switching to low frequency interrupt mode. (High frequency interrupt mode provides better UI responsiveness at the expense of load time.) Default value is 750000. So the highter the threshold the better performance, I guess? This one is a little over my head.. but that's what it looks like.

user_pref("extensions.dss.enabled", 1); You are correct about that one, it's a dynamic skin switch, and they say it's buggy.. on that page.

user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 5);Determines the maximum number of content viewers to cache for "bfcache" (fast back/forward navigation). Default value is -1 (calculate based on available memory). All values less than 0 are equivalent.

Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only. Supersedes browser.sessionhistory.max_viewers. This has to do with the fast back/forward feature as mentioned above..and btw has been said to cause high memory usage. This is what the developer was trying to explain and everyone jumped on the saying.. "high memory usage in Firefox is a feature" big joke to some anti-Firefox folks.

Most of these will give you very little speed boost, if any. IMHO

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Wave' date='Jun 19 2006, 01:18' post='587618900']

FasterFox works well enough for me :)

Yea same here, I don't need to tweak anything

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

thanks for your answers and link to the info guys (Y)

[IceDogg]

NP. I swear xpgeek's post wasn't there when I was done posting. I know it says his was before mine. But it didn't show up when mine was there.. weird. Almost a dupe post..sorry bout that.

[1759]

Thanks, those tweaks have seemed to speed up FF a bit, but I still seeing myself using Opera 9 most of the time. Only if FF was as fast as Opera (overall) and supported page zooming (coming in 2.0, but it seems like a ways off).

[gaurav]

Nice tweaks, I already read them at mozillazine forums, they're really helpful.