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3 simple tricks to increase the performance of Firefox

Firefox has now confirmed long as the best open-source browser-up. Its most important characteristic is certainly 'more the fact that thanks to extensions can be improved and made a platform able to perform multiple functions that may go well beyond simple Internet surfing.
In this post will try to go in depth, hunting configuration settings a little 'hidden that can make Firefox even faster and performing.

• Accelerating the loading of pages.
  If you have an ADSL connection can exploit the pipelining to speed the loading of web pages. This feature allows Firefox to be able to load multiple pages simultaneously to a place that at a time: by default because Firefox is configured for a dial-up connection. Here's how you should proceed:
  • Type "about: config" in the address bar and then dates Sending
  • In the search field type "network.http"
  • Change the "network.http.pipelining" setting the value to "true"
  • Change the "network.http.proxy.pipelining" setting the value to "true"
  • Change the "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" setting the value at "30" (Firefox will make up to 30 requests contemporary)
  • Click the right mouse button and select "New => Full": enter "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" as the name for the new parameter and set its value to "0"
• Limiting the 'use of RAM.
  If Firefox tends to consume too much memory and this will create problems for which your PC starts to lose in terms of performance then you can decide to modify the maximum usable RAM:
  • Type "about: config" in the address bar and then dates Sending
  • Change the "browser.cache.disk.capacity": If you have between 512MB and 1GB of RAM included "15000"
• Reducing the 'use of RAM when Firefox is minimized.
  E 'can dramatically cut the' use of RAM when Firefox is minimized simply by ensuring that the data in RAM are saved to disk. Also when you restore the Firefox window not seen slowdowns particularly troublesome, so this is a 'approach recommended for everyone:
  • Type "about: config" in the address bar and then dates Sending
  • Click the right mouse button and select "New => Boolean" included "config.trim_on_minimize" as the name for the new parameter and set its value to "true"
  • Restart Firefox

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