Posts Tagged ‘hack firefox’

Hack Firefox To Double Internet Speed

Friday, April 17th, 2009

I’ve installed some add-on to my Firefox. Sometime it run slower than it should be. Did some searches and found I could double the Internet browsing speed by just few simple tweaks.

3 Steps to Double Internet Speed

I found that Firefox tends to eat a lot of RAM in exchange for quicker launching and handling of the browser.

2 our of 3 steps are to reduce Firefox RAM consumption. Let’s do it with extra careful or your Firefox might not work.

1. Reduce RAM for Firefox Cache feature

In Firefox address bar, try this,

1) Type “about:config” (no quotes) and hit ENTER in the Firefox browser address bar
2) Find “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers
3) Set it’s value to “0“ (Zero)

2. Increase Page Loading Speed

1) Type “about:config” into the address bar

2) Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to 10.

3) Right-click anywhere and select New->Integer.

Add name “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” with value to “0“ (Zero)

Optional: Add new field below for even faster web browsing,

New String -network.dns.disableIPv6”: set “false
New Integer – “content.notify.backoffcount”: set “5” (Five)
New Integer -ui.submenuDelay”: set “0” (Zero) (more…)

Refine Firefox 3

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Finally installed Firefox 3 in my computer. I tried to run the Free SMS software but still not able to. Although they claimed that it is compatible with any web browser, it just won’t run for me.

Firefox 3 has been out for download for quite some time. I did not upgrade mine because many feedback its compatibility problem with add-ons. After the RC 1 and RC 2 (release candidate), now come to final release on latest version. As a tech blogger, I have to adopt the changes and explore its new features.

Refine Firefox 3 Drawbacks

After install Firefox 3, I was excited to check out its new features. But I feel sad on first impression. At found 2 drawbacks that I don’t like: URL bar and add-on compatibility problem. (more…)