Monday, June 27, 2011

8 Steps and Make Firefox Faster Than Google Chrome!!!


Firefox is an amazing browser but, I as a Firefox enthusiast have to admit that Google Chrome has the advantage over Firefox in terms of speed and how snappy it can be.
Here are 8 steps that will make Firefox Faster and Snappier than before. I’ve used it for quite sometime and it hasn’t given me any issue.

Steps:

Step 1: Open a new tab and type about:config into the Firefox Address Bar. Then click on “I’ll be careful, I promise!”

Step 2 and 3: In the filter area(See in the video below), type pipelining. Then follow the steps shown in the video.

Step 4: Right-click anywhere inside the page and select New > Integer. Name it
nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set the value to “0″.

Step 5: Right-click anywhere inside the page and select New > Integer. Name it content.notify.interval and set the value to “500000″. Yes, that is five hundred thousand.

Step 6: Right-click anywhere inside the page and select New > Boolean. Name it content.notify.ontimer and set the value to “true″.

We’re almost done….

Step 7: Right-click anywhere inside the page and select New > Integer. Name it content.switch.threshold and set the value to “250000″. Yes, that is two hundred fifty thousand.

Finally…

Step 8: Right-click anywhere inside the page and select New > Boolean. Name it content.interrupt.parsing and set the value to “false″. Yes, that is false.

Close Firefox and restart it. You should see performance increase immediately.

NOTE: Installing a lot of add-ons will definitely slow your firefox, so uninstall any unwanted add-ons .

Watch this video as I show you how to do the above:

Enjoy…

15 comments:

  1. Great article, its not that great for Firefox 8 that is was for firefox 5 or something, but still this makes firefox faster.

    Why this isnt default?

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  2. really very good work. great Article,and The best thing to share knowledge. Keep it up.

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  3. Hi,

    Works GREAT on FF v. 10 !!! Now opens in 15 seconds flat and got rid of excessive memory usage as well. I have stopped using Chrome!

    Also use CCleaner.com to clean things up!

    -Thanks

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    1. in step 7 you said ( two hundred thousand) but the number say (250000) so witch one is it?

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    2. either of it will work, sorry for the confusion though I meant it to be 250 000. :)

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  4. Will this work for FF 12

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  5. Does this remove all of your saved id's and passwords? After completing the 8 steps and restarting firefox a couple of the sites I go to regularly no longer have them saved.

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  6. Thanks agaptos.....!! just a marginal increase in speed. Much depends on your computer's RAM and the processor

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  7. Will this work on newer versions of Firefox like v.22?

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  8. will it work for Ff nightly..??

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  9. Agaptos, Firefox is 32bit, would the these settings be the same for the browser Waterfox 64bit?

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