Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Speed Up Firefox 3.5

Do you use Mozilla Firefox 3.5? MakeUseOf.com has an ultimate guide on making our favorite open source browser faster:

“I like Firefox but it’s not as fast as it used to be. This is a comprehensive, safe guide to optimizing Firefox 3.5 for speedy browsing.” [makeuseof.com]

The suggestions are as follows:

1. Use an optimized Firefox build.

2. Use extra features sparingly.

  • Set about:blank as your home page.
  • Stay with the default theme.
  • Add minimal extensions.

3. Optimize the Download Options.

4. Customize Content Type Handling.

5. Add more Offline Storage, lessen history days.

6. Customize the General Advanced Options.

7. Purge those unused Search Engines.

8. Tidy up your bookmarks, avoid live bookmarks.

9. Add performance-enhancing extensions

10. Tweak Advanced Browser Settings.

11. Tweak Advanced Network Settings.

Read more at the MakeUseOf.com website >>

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