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Making Firefox faster

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by Savio, Feb 14, 2005.

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  1. Feb 18, 2005 at 11:47 AM #21
    Savio

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    http://www.moox.ws/files/mozilla/firefox/releases/MozillaFirefox_1_0_RELEASE_M1.exe


    M1
    M1 builds are generally optimized builds that also contain code optimized for the MMX instruction set. M1 builds are targeted for the following processors:

    * AMD Athlon
    * AMD K6-2
    * Intel Pentium 2
    * Intel Pentium Pro
    * Intel Pentium
     
  2. Feb 18, 2005 at 12:10 PM #22
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  3. Feb 18, 2005 at 2:26 PM #23
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    I didnt have to reinstall anything.

    Extracted the files and overwrote the old files in my Firefox directory.

    There was no "install" procedure, per se.
     
  4. Feb 18, 2005 at 3:33 PM #24
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  5. Feb 18, 2005 at 7:12 PM #25
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    I haven't tried the M1 yet, but my mom's P2-333mhz at 28.8k now feels like 56k. Thanks! :xyzthumbs
     
  6. Feb 20, 2005 at 7:51 PM #26
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    The M1 actually slowed it down. Took it back the mdified setup.
     
  7. Feb 21, 2005 at 9:17 AM #27
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    Prefetch

    This tweak changes how Windows loads Firefox. If you prefetch the application it will start much faster. Edit your Firefox shortcut to read:
    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch:1
    That will prefetch the required .dlls and make Firefox load much faster each time you load it. Just make sure to keep that prefetch code in the shortcut and to run it once per-reset for the prefetching effect.

    So why isn't pipelining on by default? What about that shortcut code?

    Enabling pipelining in Firefox can speed up complex page retrievals, but it can also break Macromedia Flash presentations. This is a Macromedia thing not a Firefox thing but that's why the app defaults to pipelining disabled. There are reasons why Firefox isn't configured like that out of the box. Asa at Mozillazine.org explains why.

    As for prefetching, Firefox takes up more RAM then Internet Explorer by default. But if you prefetch Firefox, Windows will keep Firefox in memory so it will load faster. But remember, you have to run Firefox at least once to prefetch it, then it is faster until you reboot again.
     
  8. Feb 21, 2005 at 9:28 AM #28
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    I went back to the regular FF. I can't stand having to install all the damn plugins for the sake of a blue icon.
     
  9. Feb 21, 2005 at 9:34 AM #29
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    Can't you copy the plugins folder from your old FF install to the m3 install?
     
  10. Feb 21, 2005 at 9:41 AM #30
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    Hell I don't know. I was too lazy to figure it out. That's what y'all are here for.:xyzthumbs
     
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