Is it possible to make Firefox load faster

[clivebuckwheat]

Can it be loaded as a service on bootup, is there some switches that could be used to speed up the firefox load times on first run.

Any advice would be helpful.

[onlyrasel]

I'm using Speedyfox. Its working very well for me.

[allen2]

I hope This helps. I didn't try them my self so i can't tell if it will really boost firefox or not.

[Tripredacus]

Also do not forget that Firefox is just one version of the Mozilla browsers. There are other distros out there that may be better for you too.

[Glenn9999]

Fasterfox is worth looking at, too. Edited March 16, 2011 by Glenn9999

[maxXPsoft]

creata user.js file and add all this. Does not contain everything from the 8 tweaks link.

drop in profile folder

in win 7 that will be C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxl.default

I am running on Firefox 4 RC

user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 500000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 250000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);

Edited March 16, 2011 by maxXPsoft

[vladv]

Thanks for sharing this optimization file, maxXPsoft ! It is working great on my Newage-os guys's customized Firefox 3.6.10 edition.

[MagicAndre1981]

Can it be loaded as a service on bootup, is there some switches that could be used to speed up the firefox load times on first run.

check this addon:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/startupservice/