Latest Firefox tweaks?
06 January 2006, 03:59 PM
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Latest Firefox tweaks?
What are the tweaks for the latest Firefox to try and speed it up a bit when opening? Mine takes ages to open currently running on a PIII 700 256MB ram with XP Pro SP2. An old IBM T20 but it shouldn't be taking as long as it does even on this spec. IE is much quicker to open.
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06 January 2006, 04:02 PM
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yes i find it takes longer
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox
link to the extentions page
i recommend google preview, download status bar, IE view, Customize google and google preview. Also noia theme is great use
as far as speeding it up i think it will always a little longer
maybe this one but didnt help me much to be honest with starting up
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox
link to the extentions page
i recommend google preview, download status bar, IE view, Customize google and google preview. Also noia theme is great use
as far as speeding it up i think it will always a little longer
maybe this one but didnt help me much to be honest with starting up
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox
06 January 2006, 04:06 PM
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also to load up things quicker
1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
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 some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
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 some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
06 January 2006, 06:07 PM
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Cheers guys I will try all the above 
One thing I am thinking back to as well is the SP2 thread where it was discussed doing sp2 over auto updates causes issues and after saying i've never had any issues with sp2 I think the T20 may have had all its updates from the auto update 
I'm sure it never used to run this slowly so may have to either uninstall the updates or start from scratch (which is obviously my preferred method but can't face the time it takes!)
One thing I am thinking back to as well is the SP2 thread where it was discussed doing sp2 over auto updates causes issues and after saying i've never had any issues with sp2 I think the T20 may have had all its updates from the auto update I'm sure it never used to run this slowly so may have to either uninstall the updates or start from scratch (which is obviously my preferred method but can't face the time it takes!)
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06 January 2006, 11:02 PM
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As bioforger mentioned, the Fasterfox extension does was mike1210 listed and a lot more. Worth having.
My current extensions are colorful tabs, leet key (silly techy thing), PDF download, GMail notifier, IE view, tabbrowser preferences, attensa (RSS feed), Fasterfox and Adblock. AzertyIII is nice clean theme, along the lines of Noia.
On the techy side, IE will load quicker because Windows preloads the DLLs when you boot up - Firefox doesn't do this - hence it is slower. Two ways around this - use Linux ( ) or try this program called Firefox Preloader, which effectively does what Windows and IE do.
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My current extensions are colorful tabs, leet key (silly techy thing), PDF download, GMail notifier, IE view, tabbrowser preferences, attensa (RSS feed), Fasterfox and Adblock. AzertyIII is nice clean theme, along the lines of Noia.
On the techy side, IE will load quicker because Windows preloads the DLLs when you boot up - Firefox doesn't do this - hence it is slower. Two ways around this - use Linux (
) or try this program called Firefox Preloader, which effectively does what Windows and IE do.Chris
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Appears not to have been a problem with Firefox or SP2 at all, more a problem with Virus Scan on demand scan and Microsoft Anti Spyware running together so everytime I opened an app it would be checking all the files and slowing everything right down
07 January 2006, 11:36 PM
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Tried Fasterfox earlier on today - debatable whether it made any difference - according to the timer in the bottom right corner it was still taking anything from 1.203 seconds to 80 seconds to load a page (
and guess what site that was on, folks 
).
So I've now installed WinOptimizer Platinum Suite 2.11 (full version) - the difference is something else (only hope the computer will start up OK next time - you should have seen the amount of stuff it found and deleted)
and guess what site that was on, folks ). So I've now installed WinOptimizer Platinum Suite 2.11 (full version) - the difference is something else (only hope the computer will start up OK next time - you should have seen the amount of stuff it found and deleted)
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