Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config - GoFuckYourself.com

Turboface · 06-13-2007, 06:13 PM

Discover more than 20 behind-the-scenes tweaks for speeding up page loads, reducing memory drain and making the interface behave the way you want it to!

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...leId=9020 880

Cool article!

munki · 06-13-2007, 06:21 PM

Great article....

TTiger · 06-13-2007, 06:36 PM

absolutly love all these firefox config and extensions:-)

MattO · 06-13-2007, 06:40 PM

I've tweaked the crap out of my firefox but it's still a memory drain unless I kill and reopen it every couple of hours.

This is right now with 3 tabs open:

=^..^= · 06-13-2007, 06:42 PM

Just what i needed! THNX

starpimps · 06-13-2007, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattO

I've tweaked the crap out of my firefox but it's still a memory drain unless I kill and reopen it every couple of hours.

This is right now with 3 tabs open:

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=^..^= · 06-13-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattO

I've tweaked the crap out of my firefox but it's still a memory drain unless I kill and reopen it every couple of hours.

This is right now with 3 tabs open:

somethign is REALLY wrong there

iu have 5 instances of firefox open with 5, 3, 2, 5, and 4 tabs open (respectively) and when I check the memory usage it says 94K

woj · 06-13-2007, 06:56 PM

good article

Turboface · 06-15-2007, 12:34 AM

Someone else posted a good thread on here about speeding up FireFox, like mentioned in this article.

06-13-2007, 06:13 PM	#1
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06-13-2007, 06:40 PM	#4
MattO The O is for Oohhh Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: AUSTIN TEJAS Posts: 10,861	I've tweaked the crap out of my firefox but it's still a memory drain unless I kill and reopen it every couple of hours. This is right now with 3 tabs open:

06-15-2007, 12:34 AM	#9
Turboface Back in Black Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,976	Someone else posted a good thread on here about speeding up FireFox, like mentioned in this article. __________________ Search Engine Optimization Services for Adult Sites