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Mozilla Firefox is one of the top internet browser with more
than 20 million users.Why?because it gives smooth browsing experience
and various options to personalize the browser according to one’s
choice.The reason why we are here is because many times Mozilla Firefox
lags during browsing or crash due to some reason.The worse case where
nothing is wrong but Firefox works very slowly Here is a bunch of useful
stuff gathered from worlds of far and beyond(mainly from internet :p)
to help you out with your quest to destroy all problems and restore
balance in your Firefox browser.The information included in
article can solve almost all browsing issues due to low internet
connection or any other technical fault.If you are not into Firefox that much,Google Chrome is other browser equally popular like Firefox.
Google Chrome is one of the competitor for Mozilla Firefox for the
throne of browser king.If you are Google Chrome user then you can check
how you can do this shit.Personally I prefer Mozilla Firefox.If you
share same view as me,read along.
Read: 3 Settings that can make Chrome run faster
Read: 3 Settings that can make Chrome run faster
1.An Obvious Solution
Like the title says, solution is in front
of you. Add-ons and Plugins are one of the features provided by
browser.User can customize the browser to make a tailer-made
browser,which can suit their needs.Disabling Add-ons and plugins can
increase performance a lot.Now you need them for different things.So
disabling them when you clearly know you wont need them(for now) can
help to increase the speed.If you have installed new plugins and started
experiencing slow speed,it’s like wisely due to that new
plugin.Disabling or uninstalling may help getting speed back.
Now let’s talk about plugin that can help improving speed. Fasterfox is one of option to enhance browsing speed.It gives various features which you can check on their site.Other option is Fastestfox.As name suggests it gives multiple functions like paralleled downloads,improve searching,auto loading next page and much more.
If you are visiting sites with lot of advertisements,Adblock-Plus
is right extension for you.It blocks almost all advertisement on sites
including even YouTube.It will increase loading speed by not loading
ads.But I would not recommend using it since many sites including
YouTube depends on advertisements for revenue.Using the extension all
time will be like stealing money from them.There is other plugin
,flashblock which blocks flash animation.Which is also good to speed up
loading in Firefox.
2.Sneaky Installer
It actually applies to all browser,not
just only firefox.Also it almost covers in earlier section but I will
still shed some more light on it.
Many times installing some software on
system also install stuff you don’t need.Usually trial version of
software or open-source software install package have such things.When
you open the installation package,it will first ask for directory in
which you want to install the particular software.After that it will ask
for if you want to install some other tools that software company
promoting.You may have seen “install ask.com toolbar” or “set this page
as your homepage” etc stuff in installation.They are not harmful,but
adding toolbars and page which you don’t need is not good idea.
Also try to avoid hitting “next,next,next
,install” in any software installation.Open the Control Panel from
Start Menu and then “Add or Remove Program” and check the whole list.See
if you can find any unfamiliar software or tools.
In simple terms,remove unwanted toolbars from screen and hell,even
from system.Also try to avoid unnecessary toolbars which updates time to
time.For example,a weather toolbar will keep check for updated weather
status,which takes some of your internet speed.
3.You Can’t Change Your Past,So Just Erase It
Yes,Erasing your Past will help you a lot.By past means history of Mozilla Firefox.Every
website you visit,it will certainly have lot of pictures,maybe
background music,different fonts,videos and again more images,thumbnails
etc etc.Also don’t forget the address of website itself.Firefox stores
every little data from site you visited.It includes everything from web
address to all images.They are stored as “cached data”
Why Firefox do it?Because if you visit
the same page again you visited before,it will directly load the
particular data from it’s cached memory.Resulting faster loading from
page since browser won’t have to download everything again.Clearing this
cached memory may increase the speed.
But wait,I just said that this cached
data will help loading page faster,then why should delete it?Because
many times database gets larger and can affect the Firefox.The
updated content from a already visited page will take more time and
increase more browsing data.So in any case,clearing them time to time
will help gaining better speed.
Process are easy.Just go to History > Clear Recent History for quick delete.It will clear all your history.So how about deleting Cached data?Just go to Tools > Options > and go to last tab “Advanced” and clear data.You done.
4.Rocket Science
Ok,so it’s have nothing to do with a
rocket science at all.It covers some advanced settings which you have to
do it yourself,manually.It requires modifying the values of different
processes used by Firefox.They are little tweaks you have to put
,whatever you like.Note that it can make Firefox more unstable and can give you errors if not done properly.So are you ready to do little programming?
There are multiple things you can
change.First step are same in every setting.Go to address bar (The bar
where you type website address,if not known) and type about:config and
hit enter.Here comes the list:
A]Enabling Pipelining
Usually Firefox sends request and wait
for reply.Like sending request to particular website server and receive
website content as response.You get the point.Now pipeline allows you to
send multiple requests at same time.To do so
- Type about:config in address bar and hit enter.
- Look For the network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining from the list
- Double-click both values and changed it to true,one by one.This will enable pipelining
- Now look for network.http.pipelining.maxrequests,change it’s value to 8 or whatever you like.Firefox will send max number of requests according to number you put in it.But by putting high number,it will like wisely reduce the speed or even crash the browser.
- If anything goes wrong,just change the values of network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining to “false” again.
B]Fast Rendering
For fast page loading,Firefox displays
whatever it download at every 0.12 seconds.You can reduce this time for
more faster loading.Steps are as below.
- Drill is same.Type about:config and hit Enter.
- Right click anywhere in window and select New > Integer.
- Give it name:”content.notify.interval“,press OK.
- Enter 500000 and press OK again.
- You are halfway now.Right click on window and this time go to New > Boolean.
- Create a value called content.notify.ontimer and set it to true.
- Again,If things go backwards,delete newly created values.
C]Enable HTTP Cache
This tweak is useful when/if you are experiencing slow and sluggish Firefox. It could help cutting some of UI lags/issues you facing with Firefox. Mozilla Team is working on some new performance
tweaks for newer version of Firefox. One of them is a feature named “HTTP Cache”. Basically HTTP
Cache solve the slow Firefox UI issues. It is not set as default so you can enable it using same old way.So here is how it is done.
This tweak is useful when/if you are experiencing slow and sluggish Firefox. It could help cutting some of UI lags/issues you facing with Firefox. Mozilla Team is working on some new performance
tweaks for newer version of Firefox. One of them is a feature named “HTTP Cache”. Basically HTTP
Cache solve the slow Firefox UI issues. It is not set as default so you can enable it using same old way.So here is how it is done.
- Type about:config in upper Firefox Address bar and hit Enter.
- Search for the following: browser.cache.use_new_backend .
- Double Click it and change the value from 0 to 1.
- This should Enable the HTTP Cache.
- You can disable it by changing it back to 0 from 1.
5.Miscellaneous
A few uncategorized methods ,which you can try to increase the overall performance of Firefox.
There is a old tool named toonel.net.This
tools compress data means reduce it’s size.It will re-route to their
own server and compress the data.Compressed data means low amount of
data to download.It also helps saving the bandwidth.You can know more
about it at toonel.net .
This method runs Firefox directly in RAM,Which speed ups the Firefox.For more details Wikihow.com
Funny as it sounds,you can check official Mozilla Firefox site for solution Here.
6.Last Resort
If you still getting slow speed,uninstall the Firefox and install it again.A clean copy of Mozilla Firefox
will work like a charm And also disable or uninstall anything you using
for increasing speed.Sometimes it is best not to use anything.If you
still not satisfied,then all I can say is try to get a better Internet
Connection.It is the ultimate cure for slow speed.I guess article ends
here.Comments are appreciated.Check out: Increasing your internet speed (Things you should know)
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7 Hacks to Reduce Firefox Memory Usage without Reinstalling
Overtime as you browse the Web Firefox can consume a heavy amount of
memory and slow down your Workflow.Learn how you can reduce the memory
requirements of Firefox without reinstalling it.
Do not forget to Back up the bookmarks as an HTML file from Organize Bookmarks.You will need the Bookmark backup later.
How to Create a new profile in firefox
1.Open the Run box from the Start menu and paste the following
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” –P
2.Create a New profile for experimenting.Note that The profile “default” is your Existing Firefox Profile.
3.Start the New profile.This New profile won’t contain any add ons,Themes or extensions.You can back up the bookmarks in this profile from the HTML file.You can always revert to your older profile by repeating step 1.
1.Type about:config in the Firefox address bar .
2.Paste browser.cache.memory.enable in the Filter Field.Set the Value to true by double clicking it.
3.Right click and select “ New Integer”.Enter the Preference name as browser.cache.memory.capacity
The value you enter depends on the amount of RAM you have.A typical setting is 4096 for 256 Mb and 8192 for 512 Mb.
2.Right-click in the browser and select New -> Boolean from the pop-up.
3.Enter config.trim_on_minimize set the value to true and hit OK.
This reduces the memory usage of Firefox when you Minimize it.
The benefit is that hitting back will load the website from memory cache which is a lot faster than from normal cache or requesting the website from the server again.
But the Number 50 is overkill ! You can limit it to your desired number (I think 10 is Sufficient)
Type about:config in the Firefox address bar and find: browser.sessionhistory.max_entries
Right click the item and select Modify to change it to a lower value.
Navigate to Tools -> Options –> Privacy and uncheck the checkbox “Remember what I have downloaded “
To achieve this open Firefox and type about:config in the address bar.Create a new Integer preference by right clicking anywhere on the page.Type nglayout.initialpaint.delay as preference name and set its value as 0.
Stumble a page : Forget the Stumbleupon Toolbar.So many Useless Buttons i practically never use and it also takes space on the screen.Use this Bookmarklet to Stumble any page.
[Just Drag and drop the Bookmarklet links in your Bookmarks toolbar ]
Screenshot : Grab a Screenshot from any webpage using this bookmarklet.You can also Upload your Screenshot to Other image Hosting services using this Bookmarklet.
Short URL : Using this Bookmarklet you can create Tiny url easily. A Replacement of TinyURL Creator.
Download PDF : This Bookmarklet allows you to Download a Webpage in PDF format.
Digg Bookmarklet : If you wish to Digg a page this Bookmarklet Will take care of it
Bookmark on Delicious : Using this Bookmarklet you can Easily Bookmark a page on delicious.
Check Google pagerank : Check the google page rank of a page using this.If you use Google toolbar only to know the Pagerank of a page you can uninstall it and Use this Bookmarklet instead.
A big list of important Bookmarklets can be found here. More Resources on reducing Firefox memory usage
Step 1 : Backup your Existing Firefox profile and experiment in another profile
It would be better if you create a Separate profile in Firefox and experiment the hacks that we are going to describe in this article.If you are not happy you can easily restore your current settings and preferences. You can also Completely backup your existing Firefox profile in your hard drive and restore it later.Do not forget to Back up the bookmarks as an HTML file from Organize Bookmarks.You will need the Bookmark backup later.
How to Create a new profile in firefox
1.Open the Run box from the Start menu and paste the following
“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” –P
2.Create a New profile for experimenting.Note that The profile “default” is your Existing Firefox Profile.
3.Start the New profile.This New profile won’t contain any add ons,Themes or extensions.You can back up the bookmarks in this profile from the HTML file.You can always revert to your older profile by repeating step 1.
Step 2 : Assign a Fixed Memory Cache in Firefox
Firefox uses a large amount of System memory by default.You can assign a memory cache for firefox so that it doesn’t interfere with your system memory.1.Type about:config in the Firefox address bar .
2.Paste browser.cache.memory.enable in the Filter Field.Set the Value to true by double clicking it.
3.Right click and select “ New Integer”.Enter the Preference name as browser.cache.memory.capacity
The value you enter depends on the amount of RAM you have.A typical setting is 4096 for 256 Mb and 8192 for 512 Mb.
Step 3 : Release Memory When you Minimize Firefox
1.Type about:config in the Firefox address bar .2.Right-click in the browser and select New -> Boolean from the pop-up.
3.Enter config.trim_on_minimize set the value to true and hit OK.
This reduces the memory usage of Firefox when you Minimize it.
Step 4 : Reduce the Browsers Session History
By default Firefox can save the session history of 50 websites in its memory.That means If you Surf from link 1 to link 2 and continue to browse 50 links firefox will store information of these 50 links in its cache.When you are on the 50th page you can press the back button and return to the number 1 link after 50 Back button clicks.The benefit is that hitting back will load the website from memory cache which is a lot faster than from normal cache or requesting the website from the server again.
But the Number 50 is overkill ! You can limit it to your desired number (I think 10 is Sufficient)
Type about:config in the Firefox address bar and find: browser.sessionhistory.max_entries
Right click the item and select Modify to change it to a lower value.
Step 5 : Do not Accumulate Download History
By default Firefox is configured to save and accumulate your download history.If you don’t use this feature then consider disabling it.Navigate to Tools -> Options –> Privacy and uncheck the checkbox “Remember what I have downloaded “
Step 6: Speed Up Page Display Time
Firefox starts rendering HTML content only after a fixed time interval.Setting that interval to Zero ensures that the page loads faster on entering a URL.To achieve this open Firefox and type about:config in the address bar.Create a new Integer preference by right clicking anywhere on the page.Type nglayout.initialpaint.delay as preference name and set its value as 0.
Step 7 : Avoid Add Ons – Go For Bookmarklets
Add ons are great but consumes memory heavily.Moreover add-ons are not flexible with different versions of Firefox and require Updates frequently.So avoid Addons and use Bookmarklets.I use only two Addons (Firebug and feed Sidebar).Stumble a page : Forget the Stumbleupon Toolbar.So many Useless Buttons i practically never use and it also takes space on the screen.Use this Bookmarklet to Stumble any page.
[Just Drag and drop the Bookmarklet links in your Bookmarks toolbar ]
Screenshot : Grab a Screenshot from any webpage using this bookmarklet.You can also Upload your Screenshot to Other image Hosting services using this Bookmarklet.
Short URL : Using this Bookmarklet you can create Tiny url easily. A Replacement of TinyURL Creator.
Download PDF : This Bookmarklet allows you to Download a Webpage in PDF format.
Digg Bookmarklet : If you wish to Digg a page this Bookmarklet Will take care of it
Bookmark on Delicious : Using this Bookmarklet you can Easily Bookmark a page on delicious.
Check Google pagerank : Check the google page rank of a page using this.If you use Google toolbar only to know the Pagerank of a page you can uninstall it and Use this Bookmarklet instead.
A big list of important Bookmarklets can be found here. More Resources on reducing Firefox memory usage
