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The secrets of about:config - part5

Hack network connections
The very first batch of Firefox hacks I learned about was how to override its network defaults. Some of Firefox’s out-of-the-box settings for how it deals with network connections are fairly conservative, probably because Firefox has no way of knowing what kind of network it’s using (dial-up vs. broadband, etc.). If you have a network that readily supports multiple simultaneous connections, you can make a number of changes to Firefox to take advantage of that.

But proceed with caution. If Firefox’s network settings are set too aggressively, they can lead you to being blacklisted for a short time by a given remote server. Read More»

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Fixing The Firefox Memory Leak

in case you didnt know Firefox has a small memory leakage problems that can cause your pc to freeze up. basically what happens is when you minimize Firefox it stops consuming memory, however when you maximize it again the memory usage will increase, sometimes even doubling. fortunately, there is a small fix that you can implement.
heres what you do: Read More»

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