Here is a simple tweak to help your page load times in FireFox 2.0.

1.Type "about:config" in the address bar and then hit enter.
Scroll through the list and find the following entries:

• network.http.pipelining
• network.http.proxy.pipelining
• network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

The browser normally sends one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will send multiple requests at one time which speeds up page loading.


2. Alter the entries as follows:

• Change "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
• Change "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
• Change "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 20.

This value means it will send 20 requests at once. Feel free to experiment with this number by increasing it to find a sweet spot for your page load times.


3. Right-click anywhere in the window and select "New -> Integer". The name will be "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and its value should be "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it begins rendering the webpage.

instead of making a million threads each time i find somthing new... i figured i would condense them into one!

I will start off with this.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

Its an addon that will use the Ie engine in firefox... for thoes webpages that load funky...



I will search through my old threads and update this one..

Colorful tabs, makes tabs more distinctive at the expense of you manliness

new link, thnx thrillkill

Stumble Upon addon -
http://forums.pcapex.com/anything_go...hlight=firefox

Fix for Firefox memory leak on Windows
http://forums.pcapex.com/anything_go...hlight=firefox

3d Tab Switching effect
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4258

Shorcuts on the bar are icons only
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4072/

FireFox Tweaks
http://forums.pcapex.com/internet_ne...hlight=firefox

more Firefox Tweaks
http://forums.pcapex.com/anything_go...hlight=firefox

FireFox Tornado effect (all pics on the screen swirl around)
http://forums.pcapex.com/anything_go...hlight=firefox

It might be helpful to list a brief description of what each plugin does, along with the info link. Some of them are self-explanatory, but others aren't (like Firefox Tornado). I could click the link and read up on it, but it'd save me a little time if you could just include a brief description.

I tried the Firefox plugin that makes tabs flip in a rotating way when you switch between tabs, that one was pretty cool!

Stumble upon is brilliant! It's kind of like a link dump except you setup a profile (choosing what kind of sites you want) and when you click the Stumble button you go to a random page.


FoxyTunes: FoxyTunes - Control any media player while surfing the Web and more...
Let's you control most (if not all) media players through FireFox

Download Statusbar: mozdev.org - downloadstatusbar: index
Instead of having a silly download window it's integrated into the bottom of your firefox windows (only the active one).

All-in-one Sidebar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1027
Let's you control most aspects of Firefox (extension, history, downloads etc.) in a sidebar which pops out when clicked.

ADD: And nice sticky!

Quote: Originally Posted by 4x0n ADD: And nice sticky!

I figured enough of us would like a one-stop shop for these goodies.

WOOT watcher, puts a hot link to woot.com on the bottom bar:

https://update.mozilla.org/firefox/4458/

FishEyeTabs 0.12.3

FishEyeTabs is a tiny extension for Mozilla Firefox that makes tab selection easier when many tabs are open. If tabs become too small, their labels are not readable. In Firefox 1.5 scrolling was introduced, which is often distracting, because the user has to switch from clicking tabs to clicking arrows and back. FishEyeTabs is an alternative to scrolling, it makes tabs visible using fisheye-style zooming. It is enough to move the mouse cursor over a tab, and it becomes visible automatically

FishEyeTabs

Not a browser tweak per se, but I've always liked the keyboard more than the mouse for most things. So I bring to you a firefox cheat sheet. Just click on the pick and enjoy

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some of these do not work with 2.0.
it would be helpful if you would say what version(s) these work with

mason, to whom is your comment directed?

I didn't read closely enough... d'oh.

So which ones didn't work?

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i am running 2.0

For those of you who like to use FTP clients..or maybe have one at home but don't feel like installing the software where you are can get this simple plug-in for fireFox...FireFTP - The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox

Basically an integrates an FTP client into your web browser.

One thing that I did find through a little testing was that I was limited (default) to about 300kbs/s for upload and download. When I would switch to a client like FileZilla or XAMMP I noticed my rates were in the Mb/s range.

Hope this helps!

Speed Dial
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810

Quote: With Speed Dial, you can easily access your most used websites. To show the Speed Dial tab, use the Speed Dial button (which can be added to the toolbar), or enter "chrome://speeddial/content" in your location bar. To assign one website to Speed Dial, use the new "Set as Speed Dial" option in the bookmarks menu, or right click on the tab you want to add, and choose "Set as Speed Dial". That option is also available in the contextual area menu. Speed Dial will be automatically loaded in blank new windows. It can also load in blank new tabs. To configure this, and other options, use the extension settings panel.

Tab Scope

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4882

Quote: Preview and navigate tab contents through popup. Shows a popup on tabs and enables you to preview and navigate tab contents through popup. Major features are: * Real-time preview of tab contents * Navigate (Back/Forward/Reload/Stop) through popup * Scroll pages or frames in preview with mouse wheel * Click links or buttons directly in preview For more info, please see TAB SCOPE :: Firefox Extension

1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.
2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.
3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):

• Spacebar (page down)
• Shift-Spacebar (page up)
• Ctrl+F (find)
• Alt-N (find next)
• Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
• Ctrl+T (new tab)
• Ctrl+K (go to search box)
• Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
• Ctrl+= (increase text size)
• Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
• Ctrl-W (close tab)
• F5 (reload)
• Alt-Home (go to home page)

5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:

• Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
• Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
• Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)

6) Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:

• Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
• Shift-scroll down (previous page)
• Shift-scroll up (next page)
• Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
• Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
• Middle click on a tab (closes tab)

8) User chrome. If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit complicated to get into here, but check out this tutorial.
9) Create a user.js file. Another way to customize Firefox, creating a user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a text file named user.js in your profile folder (see this to find out where the profile folder is) and see this example user.js file that you can modify. Created by TechLifeBlogged, this example explains some of the things you can do in its comments.
10) about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s about:config tips and screenshots.

11) Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.

12) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:

• Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
• Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
• Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
• Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
• Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

13) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.
14) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.
15) Move or remove the close tab button. Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:

• 0: Display a close button on the active tab only
• 1: (Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
• 2: Don’t display any close buttons
• 3: Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)

Source: 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever - lifehack.org

Quote: Originally Posted by THRiLL KiLL Speed Dial https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810

i love this feature...

nothing like loading a page by hitting control and a number