Renzourin Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 okay this is some advanced configuration shit here but tbh its not too hard, still do this at your own risk you may fuck something up you dont like so you have been warnedPost this on the announcments maybe, it works and any advantage we can have is awesome.http://www.zimbio.com/Mozilla+Firefox/articles/qf8jTxf4E_T/Speed+Up+Firefox+Tweaks+Tips+Make+Firefoxserious speedup for firefox.type about:config into the address bar, then tell firefox you'll be carefull then do these.Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This will change how many requests your browser will make. You can change this number a little lower if you’d like.Now, right click anywhere on this page and hover over New and then click on Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set it as a value of 0 (zero). This sets the amount of time your browser will wait before it acts on the info it receives.The next thing we are going to do is to stop Firefox from leaking memory. I wrote about this in a past article but I will write it again here.Right click anywhere and hover over New and then click on Boolean. Name it config.trim_on_minimize and set it as True.For all these changes to take effect you must restart Firefox.so far for me it does work btw but idk further testing will prove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Hmmm. I'll have to give this a go to see it. Is it faster than chrome with those settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 idk ive never used chrome tbh but i know this much firefox is a hell of a lot smoother and faster when it comes to loading things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Im using your settings and it runs amazing... I switched from Chrome to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted October 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 try the settings here so far its running even better then it was before http://www.ubuntugeek.com/speed-up-firefox-web-browser.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Yeah Just started using it, ill test it then post what I think here again.. thanks for the share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrorendius Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Massive like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Irish Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Runs great, nice and fast. I'm officially a FireFox user again... Screw Google Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcxz Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 try the settings here so far its running even better then it was before http://www.ubuntugeek.com/speed-up-firefox-web-browser.htmlSlight boost, followed the quoted steps. One thing though is my nglayout.initialpaint.delay keeps defaulting to 600 after I change it to 0.I'm already a Firefox fan and it was already fast before so this is just an added plus. The thing I don't like that's happening right now is the rapid release phase they're doing.Cause of that I'm still using Firefox 3.6.xx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idl12 Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I did this a while back, it does work great, now if only firefox in general would go back to not being shit and BSOD'ing everytime I watch too many flash videos.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I did this and didn't notice any change at all.. but then my FireFox was already awesomely fast by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I did this and didn't notice any change at all.. but then my FireFox was already awesomely fast by default.Actually you're correct. Firefox 7 doesn't need all those configs. They already fixed up the memory leaks. The tweaks are more useful for firefox version 1-3.6. Newer it is pretty useless if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty9353 Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 ive heard that chrome is a lot better but firefox is a definite upgrade from explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 ive heard that chrome is a lot better but firefox is a definite upgrade from explorerAll a matter of opinion.Honestly.. I'll never install Chrome to my PC because of their lame tracking and selling of info you must agree to when installing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Actually you're correct. Firefox 7 doesn't need all those configs. They already fixed up the memory leaks. The tweaks are more useful for firefox version 1-3.6. Newer it is pretty useless if you ask me.i am using firefox 7 before the memory fix on that page firefox was using 230+ mb of my ram now it barely uses 100 after application so fixing the memory leak issue? no it didnt quite do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 i am using firefox 7 before the memory fix on that page firefox was using 230+ mb of my ram now it barely uses 100 after application so fixing the memory leak issue? no it didnt quite do thatI haven't noticed any difference in memory usage. It still uses around 190 MB for me, as it is currently doing so as well (with 9 tabs opened). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcxz Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I haven't noticed any difference in memory usage. It still uses around 190 MB for me, as it is currently doing so as well (with 9 tabs opened).Hmm, seems like the newest Firefox is performing well. I've got only 3 tabs (but having twitter feed as one of the tabs eats a lot of memory) and I've got 282,500 K.Reason why I'm still on 3.6.xx is because of an add-on that shows my youtube listen on msn and when I upgraded to Firefox 4, it wasn't compatible. Guess I have to look for another add-on:byebye: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroPenguins Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 i am using firefox 7 before the memory fix on that page firefox was using 230+ mb of my ram now it barely uses 100 after application so fixing the memory leak issue? no it didnt quite do thatMaybe so, but I think it also depends on the addons you have installed. Some are bad because it doesn't allow garbage collection. For Firefox 7 works better than the previous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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