Improve Firefox browser speed with these tips

Firefox, which is an open source web browser, is loved and used by many users. However, like other browsers, after a period of use, many users find that Firefox browser has become slow and often has "crashing" phenomenon (the browser abruptly stops working). ).

In the article below, Network Administrator will guide you through some tips to speed up Firefox browser, making your surfing faster and smoother.

If you do not have Firefox installed, you can download Firefox to your device and install it here.

1. Activate Click-to-play

Many websites still use Adobe Flash Player to load videos and some other Flash (Flash content) content, including advertisements. This results in a lot of time to load the page and even flash content that you don't want to see. When setting Click-to-play, Flash content (Flash content) will only be loaded when you click on it and allow you full control.

Refer to the steps to enable click-to-play on Firefox browser here.

2. Disable Add-ons

This is one of the easiest ways to speed up all browsers, including Firefox. Add-ons and extensions are "culprits" that slow down your browser. Therefore the best way is to disable add-ons that you don't use to speed up the browser.

Although you can access the Firefox Add-ons page on the main menu to disable or remove the adds-on you don't need to use. However, the best way is to check how many add-ons consume, and disable add-ons to consume many sources.

To do this you can install the extension "about: addons-memory 2016" on your Firefox browser. After installing the extension " about: addons-memory 2016 ", go to about: addons-memory page , to see all the add-ons you have installed and see how much these add-ons cost. source, then decide to disable add-ons.

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3. Free memory

If you're using the Firefox browser to surf the web and you realize that Firefox's speed is getting slower and slower, you can think of a solution to free up memory to speed up Firefox. To do this, enter about: memory into Firefox's address bar and press Enter.

Now a new page appears on the screen. On this page, click Minimize memory usage in the Free memory section to free up memory.

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4. Activate Pipelinging on Firefox browser

To enable Pipelinging, enter about: config in Firefox's address bar and press Enter. A new page appears on the screen. On this page you find and change the status of options as follows:

network.http.pipelining => true

network.http.pipelining.aggressive => true

Network.http.pipelining.maxrequests => 8

Network.http.pipelining.ssl => true

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To search all of these options quickly, enter network.http.pipelining into the Search box, then double-click the Value column next to each option to change the value.

Also if you don't want to make changes manually, you can use add-on Pipelining Firefox. Pipelining Firefox will automatically change the status of options for you.

5. Disable Firefox Animations

In addition to the above, you can also apply how to disable Firefox Animations to speed up Firefox browser. To disable animations in Firefox browsers, type about: config in Firefox's address bar and press Enter.

Next enter 'animate' in the Search frame and set the value of all options that contain 'animate' to False.

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6. Use Add-ons to speed up Firefox browser

Similar to the Chrome browser, there are many add-ons available on the Firefox browser that will speed up the browser.

- Auto Unload Tab: This add-on automatically removes unused tabs and frees all resources to help you load necessary content faster.

- Image Block: This add-on will block all images on web pages, make your Firefox browser load faster. However, the limitation of this add-on is to load content only without images.

- Speed ​​Tweaks: This extension can fine-tune all the options you make on the about: config page and some other options to speed up your browser. Although you can make changes to the options manually, this extension can support you with just one click.

7. Refresh Firefox browser

Firefox allows you to refresh your browser and change all settings back to the default state and remove all data from the 3rd application (such as add-on).

Enter about: support in Firefox browser address bar and press Enter. Next, click the Refresh Firefox button in the top right corner of the screen and confirm the refresh process.

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The refresh process will not delete your personal data such as browsing history, passwords, cookies, bookmarks or auto-fill on the browser.

8. Disable Plugins

Plugins help Firefox to display and manage the content of some websites in a better way like Flash, Java or Silverlight. However, there are unnecessary Plugins that can slow down your Firefox browser.

To disable a Plugins in Firefox, click on the Firefox icon in the upper left corner of the browser window and select "Add-ons".

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On the add-ons management window, click the Disable button for any plugins that you don't need. In case you want to re-use that plugins, you should do the same and click the Enable button for the plugin to re-enable.

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9. Clear browser data

Browsers will save the websites you have visited, downloaded files or related information such as searches, forms or cookies. These data over time will become increasingly large and slow down your browser.

To proceed with deleting the data, click on the Firefox icon in the upper left corner of the browser window, select History / Clear Recent History or press Ctrl + Shift + Delete.

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At Clear Recent History dialog box , click Details.

Select the data items you need to delete, select the time period you want to delete. Select Clear Now.

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If you want to keep the data of some browsers, click on the Firefox icon in the left corner of the browser window and select Show All History.

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In the Library window , right-click on the website to delete the data and select Forget About This Website . Close the Library window to finish.

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You can also set your browser to automatically delete data periodically by clicking on the Firefox icon. Select Options .

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Scroll to the Privacy tab , in the History menu select "Use custom settings for history" .

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There are many options available. Select "Clear history when Firefox closes".

In the Settings section. Select the components you want to delete. Then select "OK" twice.

10. Increase the number of requests to a website

Usually the browser will send a request to a website at a time and wait for the site to accept it before processing it. In this way the browser will send many requests at the same time to speed up the loading of the site.

Start FireFox , type "about: config" into the address bar, press Enter and then click the 'I'll be careful, I promise' button to continue.

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Use the "Search" search toolbar to find these commands:

+ network.http.pipelining

+ network.http.proxy.pipelining

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Clich double-click on the above commands to bring the value of these commands to 'true'.

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Good luck!