Lost Soul Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 im not sure if everybody knows this trick but heres how to cut your firefox load up times down How to Make Firefox Load FasterFirefox may run quickly but it loads slowly; here's how to fix itNote: This tip is not suitable for inexperienced computer users.You can slash Firefox's slow load time by compressing the DLLs and executables. There are many choices for compression but I suggest you use UPX which is free, efficient and time proven.1. Download UPX from http://upx.sourceforge.net/#download2. Unzip upx.exe into your Firefox installation folder which is normally C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox.3. Make sure Firefox is not running then shell to a command prompt in the Firefox installation directory.4. Type in the following command in a single line and hit return:for %v in (*.exe *.dll components\*.dll plugins\*.dll) do upx "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\%v"5. If on some later occasion you want to unpack the files, just type in the command above but add the decompression switch "-d" after "do upx." hope some one finds this usefulme im running 25 plugins and i cut my load up time down to a pinch over 3 secondsoriginal articlehttp://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_mak...efox_faster.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 fyi also there is a 'firefox preloader'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Soul Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 fyi also there is a 'firefox preloader'http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yea i know about the preloader but with this method you dont need to use an extra program running for any small footnote, it will just load faster and its simple but thanks for adding that to this thread, i hope these will help some one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Press any key Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Mozilla Firefox Beta 1 loads as fast as Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1. I just installed it and this is its first outing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheWayBoy Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Might have to try that...but doesn't UPX add overhead to the on-the-fly compression? Also, the Firefox Preloader is good when it works...and when it doesn't it really gets annoying. It essentially keeps a copy of Firefox always loaded, but that also means your user profile is always loaded too! Too much wasted RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sednainc Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 how may i know that it load faster than before?can anyone tell me how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 (edited) Use a stopwatch or just count. Ya know 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10Yay 1200th post! Edited September 23, 2005 by kelsenellenelvian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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