Stop memory hogging
The default way the Windows version of Firefox consumes memory can be alarming if you don’t know what’s really going on. People routinely report a memory “footprint” of 75MB to 100MB or more with only a few windows or tabs open, and they assume a memory leak is to blame. While earlier versions of Firefox did have memory leak bugs, they’re not the reason for this kind of memory consumption in Firefox 2.x.
Here’s what’s happening: Firefox caches recently used objects Web pages, images in memory so that they can be re-rendered on-screen quickly, which drives up memory usage. Read More»
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Now that we all know the hidden pages in Firefox, it’s time to go a bit deeper into tweaking your browser for optimal use. All of the operations will be made in the about:config page, so save your important stuff, open up a new tab, write about:config in the address bar and be prepared. I have gathered four tricks that will improve your Firefox experience, and here they are.
1. Fetch only pages that you click
Firefox mostly resembles to Google from this point of view. It has a built-in feature (enabled by default) that will pre-download the pages behind the links it thinks you MIGHT click. Read More»
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February 05, 2007 by
Jason Cacheman Improves the performance of your computer by optimizing the disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.
Once Installed:
1. Go to Show Wizard and select All
2. Run all the wizards by selecting Next or Finished until you are back to the main menu. Use
3. the defaults unless you know exactly what you are doing
4. Exit and Save Cacheman
5. Restart Windows
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