Mozilla is slow ??

Mozilla is Slow

  • Mozilla uses more memory space.
  • It becomes slow when i open more tabs
  • Page cannot be found error makes the whole browser hang
  • It crashes sometimes and restore session is the only resort to regain

The above complaints are very common about mozilla. But still i like mozilla :)

But there are some hidden truths regarding mozilla’s configuration. The Basic or Default configuration of mozilla is for Dial-up-connection.

You can go on with your default mozilla if you are using a dial-up connection. If you have a Broadband Internet Connection, you can make your mozilla more powerful than usual.

Do the following things:

  1. Open a new tab in your mozilla.
  2. Type about:config in your address bar and press Enter

This is the configuration page for mozilla. Dont edit all the fields .

For reducing memory usage of firefox do this:

Right click on the resulting window, New > Boolean

It prompt for “Enter the preference name”

Type config.trim_on_minimize and press ok. Select true value after that

For adding more speed for browsing and downloading:

On the about:config page , find the string network.http.pipelining (you can use the filter given for easy searching)

Change its value from false to true (Just double click on the line, it will toggle the true/ false values, or right click and click toggle)

Also change network.http.proxy.pipelining value true.

Now you have to change network.http.pipelining.maxrequests value . (Double click or right click and modify)

By default it will be 5 . Set its value from 10 to 30 depending on your internet connection speed.

Final Step: Right click on that window (about:config) and Click New > Integer and type: nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0 (zero)

Done, restart your mozilla. Now you will get faster mozilla, faster internet. Happy Browsing.

If you want to know more regarding mozilla configuration, see this link: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries

Interesting Tip:

like http:// or ftp:// prompts you saw about: prompt. about:blank is a very familiar prompt right ?  So another prompt here ; it is chrome://

Type:  chrome://browser/content/browser.xul  in your browsers address bar to see your mozilla browser inside itself.

Interesting !!!

16 Comments , , , ,

16 Responses to “Mozilla is slow ??”

  1. TheAnand April 17, 2008 at 10:11 pm #

    yea, which other browser has its tattoo on hot girls ;)

  2. Mella Fitriansyah November 18, 2008 at 7:14 pm #

    Nice Info, Sir
    i will reading your another post
    success for you

  3. Chetan November 30, 2008 at 4:53 pm #

    Mozilla firefox eats lots of resources, its really slow. thanks for those tips :)

  4. munawer May 7, 2009 at 1:40 pm #

    Hi

    mozilla is very helpfull to developers.where can we get utilities like Firebug and Yslow etc..
    so i will vote for only mozilla :)

  5. voltsky June 21, 2009 at 10:39 am #

    please feed us more info on why mozilla starts slower than internet explorer. more feeds on configurations. tnx

  6. Aus April 27, 2010 at 12:20 pm #

    thanks for the tutorial .

  7. Zoe Murphy May 26, 2010 at 12:09 am #

    Broadband internet these days are getting much faster and cheaper too. ~;-

  8. Jacob Patel October 7, 2010 at 11:53 pm #

    the nice thing about broadband internet is that it gets cheaper each year`’*

  9. nandi October 10, 2010 at 10:24 pm #

    great tips, tanks .Cheers

  10. renu January 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm #

    nice one!
    i m using wi fi….n fire foz z driving me madd wid its slow performance!!
    help me outttt

  11. Deepak August 1, 2011 at 1:25 pm #

    good work..!

  12. Jose August 2, 2011 at 9:37 pm #

    I like your tips, but how do I open a new tab in Mozilla?

    Thanks
    Jose

  13. Jose August 2, 2011 at 9:49 pm #

    Sorry, I just realized that this is about a web browser, and I am referring to Mozilla Thunderbird, which is taking forever to download the emails.

  14. wenleigh September 26, 2011 at 12:22 pm #

    very useful sir! thank you so much! :D

  15. Narendhar January 21, 2012 at 11:27 am #

    I like Mozilla very much.with out Mozilla i never use internet.

    now a days i have a problem i am facing .please can anyone know solution please tell me.
    when i start Mozilla search a keyword or open a website it taking more than 1 minute (Mozilla firefox not responding). after as usual.

    i am using add ons/ plugins

    firebug 1.9 , flash, acrobat reader, shock wave , java

    please any one guide me.

    • Thodoris Anastasios March 23, 2012 at 8:31 pm #

      i cant find where in about:config i press right click to press NEW after
      :/

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