TheAslan Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 What really are the best about:config tweaks for Firefox, I mean must have tweaks? I know that disabling all animation makes Firefox faster, and if you have a SSD disk you would like to move your cache away from your SSD.But is there something else too? Like pipelining and tweaking network settings, or is it worthless? Is it Firefox fast enough without network settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudboy Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Moving temp files and cache off of the ssd pretty much defeats the purpose of having an ssd in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAslan Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 Moving temp files and cache off of the ssd pretty much defeats the purpose of having an ssd in the first place.You can always create a new topic where you can determine the best SSD tweaks, creating a new topic is always highly recommended. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudboy Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 No new topic necessary. It was in direct relation to your mention of the about:config tweak for moving the Firefox cache off of an ssd. I'm saying that it's not really a tweak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted April 7, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 7, 2013 All three, Firefox installation, Firefox user settings, and Firefox caches should be on SSD I think.If you want to speed up Firefox scrolling to make it as fast as Chrome / Webkit? Try this:mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y > Change to 200 or 250. Enjoy super-fast scrolling. :)The above is my personal tweak, the only one (other than already mentioned 1000 times) I'll recommend. :PIf you want to know the things you have changed or Firefox has changed, open about:support. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob92132 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Here is a collection of random notes. Do your own research but you can use this as a point to get started on available settings to possibly tweak. config.trim_on_minimizebrowser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewersnglayout.initialpaint.delaybrowser.sessionstore.enabledbrowser.chrome.image_icons.max_sizebrowser.tabs.closeButtonsbrowser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undobrowser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo network.http.pipeliningnetwork.http.proxy.pipeliningnetwork.http.pipelining.maxrequestsnetwork.dns.disableIPv6content.notify.backoffcountplugin.expose_full_pathui.submenuDelay browser.cache.disk.parent_directorymove this to a ramdisk drive rowser.cache.disk.enablebrowser.cache.disk.capacitybrowser.cache.memory.enablebrowser.cache.memory.capacity Disable Anti-Phishing - Firefox comes bundled with an anti-phishing filter that warns you of fake sites pretending to be things like ebay and bank login pages. As with the ression restore, though, it results in additional writes to the drive. This is especially noticable in the first several minutes of using Firefox Portable as it has to download the anti-phishing database and store it within your profile (a 3mb+ file on Firefox 2 and a 50mb+ file on Firefox 3). You can disable this feature by clicking Tools - Options and then selecting the Security tab. Uncheck the box next to "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery" and then click OK. The anti-phishing filter is now off. If you'd like to get back the space taken up by the database of forged sites, exit Firefox Portable and then head to the FirefoxPortable\Data\profile directory on your drive. Delete the urlclassifier*.sqlite file. Disable autocomplete drop-down entirelybrowser.urlbar.maxRichResults as -1. See web addresses that you have typedbrowser.urlbar.matchonlytyped to False. DISABLE 3D HARDWARE ACCELERATIONgfx.canvas.azure.enabled = false縶gfx.content.azure.enabled = falsegfx.direct2d.disabled = truelayers.acceleration.disabled = truegfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled = falsegfx.font_rendering.directwrite.use_gdi_table_loading = true ABOUT CONFIG PAGESabout:aboutabout:addonsabout:buildconfigabout:cacheabout:configabout:crashesabout:creditsabout:homeabout:licenseabout:logoabout:memoryabout:mozillaabout:pluginsabout:privatebrowsingabout:rightsabout:robotsabout:sessionrestoreabout:supportabout:sync-logabout:sync-log.1about:sync-tabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Moving temp files and cache off of the ssd pretty much defeats the purpose of having an ssd in the first place.There is big misconception here, RAM is still faster than SSD, that's why moving cache to RAM will increase performance of software, in this case Firefox.Plus have in mind that 4GB of RAM today is minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 The best about those hidden "tweaks" is: if you made any mistake, have fun finding and reverting the "tweak" you applied if an error or something comes up lately. about:config-Entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 But is there something else too? Like pipelining and tweaking network settings, or is it worthless?Tweaking Firefox for pipelining works fine (and good, too) - but, only at websites that support pipelining. At unsupported websites that tweak is generally counter-productive.Is it Firefox fast enough without network settings?Have noticed that most of the nSane population are quite ambiguous (and careless) with 2 words - speed & bugs. What's your definition of fast - given the above circumstance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted April 7, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 7, 2013 Moving temp files and cache off of the ssd pretty much defeats the purpose of having an ssd in the first place.There is big misconception here, RAM is still faster than SSD, that's why moving cache to RAM will increase performance of software, in this case Firefox.Plus have in mind that 4GB of RAM today is minimum.There are two types of Firefox caches, one is disk cache, one is memory cache. The disk cache being on SSD will boost the browsing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Moving temp files and cache off of the ssd pretty much defeats the purpose of having an ssd in the first place.There is big misconception here, RAM is still faster than SSD, that's why moving cache to RAM will increase performance of software, in this case Firefox.Plus have in mind that 4GB of RAM today is minimum.There are two types of Firefox caches, one is disk cache, one is memory cache. The disk cache being on SSD will boost the browsing well.If you have SSD and default Firefox settings disk cache will be on SSD, where else it can be? :tehe:That is not tweak, that's buying better storage device.What I meant was by disabling disk cache even on SSD you'll gain performance boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivenson Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 There are two types of Firefox caches, one is disk cache, one is memory cache. The disk cache being on SSD will boost the browsing well. Better yet on ramdisk ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob92132 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Have ramdisk created at startup with Primo Ramdisk - http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/158991-primo-ramdisk-server-edition-560Then:browser.cache.disk.parent_directory - set this to ramdisk drive locationBetter yet: Use Portable Firefox, or Portable Palemoon - and have the entire portable firefox copied to Ramdisk on each system startup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudboy Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I don't know. Anytime I've ever tried ramdisk or anything similar I've had nothing but problems. If it's so great then why don't ALL people with 8+ GB of ram use it for ALL temp files, Firefox and otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted April 8, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 8, 2013 If you have SSD and default Firefox settings disk cache will be on SSD, where else it can be? :tehe:That is not tweak, that's buying better storage device.What I meant was by disabling disk cache even on SSD you'll gain performance boost.Well, the OP is saying that moving (disk) cache away from SSD is what he is aware of. For which, I'm saying that keeping it on SSD rather than the HDD would be more helpful.I see. Well, Firefox fan wiki says that at 4 GB, only 30 MB should be in memory cache, rest should all be on disk. And consider this, disabling disk cache will mean that whatever site you load, it's cache gets lost after restart of Firefox, which isn't any speed improvement in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Yes, volatile memory has its flaws, it's volatile. :)Edited typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAslan Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 How about these: browser.cache.memory.capacity : 65536 browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl : true browser.xul.error_pages.enabled : true content.interrupt.parsing : true content.max.tokenizing.time : 3000000 content.maxtextrun : 8191 content.notify.backoffcount : 5 content.notify.interval : 750000 content.notify.ontimer : true content.switch.threshold : 750000 network.http.max-connections : 32 network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy : 8 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 4 network.http.pipelining : true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 8 network.http.proxy.pipelining : true nglayout.initialpaint.delay : 0 plugin.expose_full_path : true signed.applets.codebase_principal_support : true browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs: True browser.display.show_image_placeholders: False network.http.max-connections-per-server: 32 network.http.max-connections-per-proxy: 16 network.http.request.timeout: 300 gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled: true mozilla.widget.render-mode: 6 ui.submenuDelay: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zex Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Also if you mess something up or simply want to revert only the Firefox settings you just need to delete prefs.js stored in Firefox Profile DirectoryWant to know more: Click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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