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+ | ====== Boost Firefox Performance ====== | ||
+ | I've been using Firefox since before v1.0. It is my favorite browser with a lot of great add-ons. | ||
+ | ===== Keep you opened tab count as low as possible ===== | ||
+ | If you're running Windows 7 64 bit with only 4 GB's of RAM, keep it under 100 and restart it every few days. If you're using a session manager, you will just have to log back in to some sites. | ||
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+ | ===== Reduce cache size ===== | ||
+ | - Click on the Firefox menu, and go to Options | ||
+ | - Go to Advanced | ||
+ | - Select the Network tab | ||
+ | - Check the Override automatic cache management box | ||
+ | - Set the cache size (I cut what Firefox had in half) | ||
+ | - Click the OK button | ||
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+ | ===== Delete history ===== | ||
+ | - Click on the Firefox menu, and go to Options | ||
+ | - Go to Privacy | ||
+ | - Under History... | ||
+ | - Click Clear your recent history | ||
+ | - Expand Details | ||
+ | - Select what you want to delete | ||
+ | - Select the time frame from the dropdown | ||
+ | - Click the Clear Now button | ||
+ | - For a long term automatic cleansing | ||
+ | - Set to Use custom settings for history or Never remember history | ||
+ | - Check the boxes if you want history on those items | ||
+ | - Check Clear history when Firefox closes | ||
+ | - Click the Settings... button and then select the items you want Firefox to delete upon closting | ||
+ | - Click the OK button | ||
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+ | ===== If you're using session and tab managers, reduce the number of closed tabs and the number of previous sessions ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Disable prefetch to reduce HDD activity, or leave enabled to possibly improve related page load times ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Speedyfox ===== | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== What did NOT help ===== | ||
+ | These are some other things I read about that said would help, but didn't really work for me. | ||
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+ | ==== Minimem ==== | ||
+ | This allows you to reduce the memory footprint of running applications. | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== RAMdisk ==== | ||
+ | It almost seemed to make matters worse. | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | -- Main.FredPettis - 2012-03-21 |
boostfirefoxperformance.txt · Last modified: 2013/01/28 04:29 by 127.0.0.1