Firefox is the browser most people use. Powerful and many advantages over IE. However, the strong development of Google Chrome in recent years has also made the user market share of this browser significantly reduced.
However, if you are a Webmaster administrator, or the Seoer, then Firefox is a friend to help analyze and manage the Website very effectively. Addon tools such as Seo quake, Seo doctor, Web developer, . although there is a version for Chrome that can not be equal to the original version used on Firefox.
Therefore this article will point out some tips to help improve the speed of Firefox . Thereby you can use Firefox faster, not inferior to Chrome.
The cause of slow Firefox browser and how to fix it
Firstly , Addons are the strength of Firefox, but if you install too much, do not strictly manage the Addon installed on your browser, it is the cause of slowdown, slow down the browser.
Second: When you install the software on the computer, if not paying attention, click Next Next continuously without reading the notice. It is possible that you have strange toolbars installed in the browser. Even Chrome, IE, or Firefox are very often installed strange toolbars that reduce speed, annoyance and inhibition when used.
=> The junk Addon, or strange toolbars automatically installed even if you do not use them, still occupy a lot of RAM, CPU system resources, thereby making the computer slow.
5 tips to help speed up Firefox
1. Uninstall the old toolbar
This is thought to be the main cause of slowdowns in Firefox. I recently uninstalled a few toolbars that I suspect caused problems and the stability and speed improvements in Firefox are quite impressive.
Removing these junk toolbars both cleans the more open browser interface and increases speed and stability.
To uninstall the toolbar can be a bit difficult. Most of them have a drop-down menu menu on the left of the screen, where you can change options, buttons and uninstall it.
However, there are some cases where you open the ' Tools ' menu in Firefox and see the ' Firefox Add-ons ' section. From there, you can remove or disable it.
For stubborn cases and stealthy activities, you cannot delete them in the above way. The only way to remove them is to go to your Windows Control Panel and ' Add / Remove Program '.
Or you can also use CCleaner computer cleaning software to remove thoroughly.
2. Uninstall old add-ons
Chances are you have at least one or two extensions or ' add-ons ' installed in Firefox.
I had a few video download extensions that no longer worked but I forgot to uninstall them. Removing Addon, add-ons are also used to speed up Firefox and improve performance.
Note: Many Addon for Firefox, or the toolbar you do not install but is implicitly installed on the computer. Through Virus, unsafe software, .
3. Change the configuration of Firefox.
If you do not know, you can tweak Firefox very precisely by visiting its configuration interface.
To do this, type about: config in the address bar. The most common adjustments you continue to type in the search: network.http.pipelining, network.http.proxy.pipelining and network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Change the value of the first 2 parts to ' true ' and set the value to '30' in the last adjustment.
Finally, right click and Add new integer . Add nglayout.initialpaint.delay and leave the value ' O '. This adjustment will reduce the time that Firefox waits when making requests to web pages.
4. FireTune for Firefox
- This small program is not an add-on. It works separately from Firefox, tweaks settings inside of the browser to make it faster.
You will notice an increase in speed after you first use it, but you will have to run this program once a week to ensure optimal performance. The upside is it only needs one click and you're done.
5. Fasterfox
- This utility allows you to change Firefox's configuration settings without having to go through about: config . It shows the available fields an easy way to use an intuitive interface, caching and even a speed test tool to see whether your changes have really made any difference. distinct.
It also includes the ' Enhanced Prefetching ' function that basically takes advantage of ' pre-fetch ' in websites that Firefox often ignores.