FireFox Memory Fix
 

Deserves its own post. (Courtesy of SilverCashThurbs on BVF's thread)

This is how you fix FireFox's "memory leak" problem. (It's not actually a leak, it just doesn't flush the cache it has.)

1)Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
2)Right click any line to bring up a sub-menu
3)Choose "new">"integer"
4)paste this into the dialogue that appears: browser.cache.memory.capacity
5)Next click Okay
6)Specify the amount in kb (about 60000 should do) in the next dialogue that appears
7)Restart Firefox and happy surfing.

I just did it and it works perfectly.

i did it too :thumbsup

firefox rocks

Firefox sucks, don't blame IE for your ignorance

did it thanks fire fox rocks :)

Still won't make me go back..Viva la IE

Can anyone post the link or fix for firefox that you make more connections to the server... to surf faster. I cannot find it... Thanks in advance! :thumbsup I will try this fix to.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

Its somewhere in there.

see sig...

Damn.. Slick KRL.. thanks man..

a. 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.

b. 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.

c. 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 recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.

Awesome thanks. You gotta love firefox and GFY! :upsidedow

Thanks sltr that made my Firefox fly.
:thumbsup

Kevin Can you hit my up on ICQ please. See sig for digits.

Can you e-mail me at [email protected]

Thanks!

Did both. My FF is flying like a muthafucka now. HAHA!

Thank you. :)

I *heart* you guys!!

KRL, thanks, man! I sometimes run into FF memory problems and it's annoying, thanks for the fix!

Cool thanks guys.

Firefox is king

whoa!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH BETTER :thumbsup Does this mean a page gets 30 hits from one visitor?

Awesome, thanks :thumbsup
How did you guys know all that info?

firefox rules!

Great thanks!

I am still on FF though there are indeed some problems lately.
Anyway, thanks for that man. :thumbsup

awesome, been having probs with that for awhile, always makes my comp hang after awhile.

This is one of the rare thread worth bookmarking

Going back to IE is like going back to the stone age.

thanks man

that's exactly why I prefer FF over other browsers :thumbsup

this was the highlight of the 1.0.7 update

site bookmark, FF rules!

:smokin

I'll be coming back to this one.

Thanks man.

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests is hardcoded for a maximum of 8 no matter how high you set it.

thnx KRL, works like a charm

good to know, is that the default setting too or no?

Not sure if it made any difference...

same here - all good peeps :thumbsup :thumbsup

Firefox rocks, best browser there is.. great fix.

I did it, but firefox still uses 170000k memory usage and 70% CPU usage with 9 tabs open :(