Official FireFox Tweaks Thread

- Enter about:config in the address bar and press Enter
- Scroll down to nglayout.initialpaint.delay
- Double-click nglayout.initialpaint.delay
- Change the default value of 250 to 0
- network.http.max-connections = 64
- network.http.max-connections-per-server=21
- network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server=8

Install Browser Gestures for Firefox

Install Web Development Toolbar

Here is a list of all KeyBoard Shortcuts for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. A table if you like. Very useful!

More to come as I think of them or get comments with them.

This makes Firefox pretty darn fast and extremely fun to use!!

As from NuclearMoose…an avid Firefox/Mozilla user:

I suggest also EditCSS which will load a site’s stylesheet(s) into the sidebar. You can then fool with the CSS all you like, and you will see the changes. Once you have discovered a fix or something that you really like, you can simply hightlight the CSS, copy/paste it into your stylesheet, and upload it to your server. It’s available through the same extension page as all the other FB/FF extensions. I’m using FireFox, and it works just fine.

Others I recommend are:
CuteMenus
Copy Image
Bookmark Links checker
Bookmark Backup
Dictionary Search
Tabbrowser Extensions
ChromeEdit is nice for hacking profile files.
Chatzilla is a nice IRC client.
and let’s not forget the Spell Checker Front End 0.3.5.

Have fun!
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Better Tweak
TABBROWSER EXTENSIONS is an abolute must have extension in my opinion. It is the only way I can get mozilla tabs to work the way I want them.

For spell checking your online text entry boxes (such as composing a post on a message board
First install This then install This and This.

You can also tweak things by creating a text file, naming it user.js and putting it in your profile folder (in Win Xp that would probably be Documents and Settings/user name/Application Data/Phoenix/profiles/profile name/(randomly named folder which should be the only one in here)/ - you can then add tweaks in such as:

// Speed up rendering by removing delay
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

// Instead of annoying error dialog messages, display pages:
user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);

//These tweaks increase the number of connections and downloads you can have going at once (these settings are for broadband connections):
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
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);

(these setting are for Dialup) copy to notepad and name it user.js and put it in your profile:
browser.cache.memory.capacity : 65536
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl : true
browser.xul.error_pages.enabled : true
content.interrupt.parsing : true
content.max.tokenizing.time : 3000000
content.maxtextrun : 8191
content.notify.backoffcount : 5
content.notify.interval : 750000
content.notify.ontimer : true
content.switch.threshold : 750000
network.http.max-connections : 32
network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy : 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 4
network.http.pipelining : true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 8
network.http.proxy.pipelining : true
nglayout.initialpaint.delay : 750
plugin.expose_full_path : true
signed.applets.codebase_principal_support : true

Tons more Here. Be sure and note whether they are tweaks for you user.js file, or tweaks for the userChrome.css file (same directory as above, in the Chrome folder).

sticky!

Nice. This browser is incredible, and I highly recommend it over any other browser (except Konquerer).

"Firefox is like having a car.
It sure beats the hell out of walking."

Cool tips. I begining to a sticky. Oh yeah, I was also recommened to use adbloc.

9mmCensor said:

Nice. This browser is incredible, and I highly recommend it over any other browser (except Konquerer).

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Just curious, what did you like so much about Konquerer?

I installed firefox on both computers and tweaked it a bit, man they fly. This browser kicks butt.

I just noticed on one of my computers i get this error message:

Error launching browser window:no XBL binding for browser

Any suggestions

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/fix-extensions.html

there ya go!

Thank you, you are so Sophisticated.

this thread just SCREAMS sticky!!!
great tips! keep it up!

i have

table warn ( to transision me threw the my ie habits ( so i dont clsoe 12 tabs becuase i like hitting X)

linky ( opens all highlighte lings or all links on page in new tabs or new windows)

imaige zoomer beucase some times you like to see what the hell your buying

definetly should be a sticky, every firefox user should do this.

Smartweb said:

Just curious, what did you like so much about Konquerer?

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Basically same features and speed as Firefox, and its intergration with the filebrowsing is great. Also my Firefox doesn't work properly, the dropdown boxes lose their content, and become useless.

Wow you just made my dialup scream. Thx.

if this makes dialup scream then this should really be a sticky

Anyone Have More Luck With These Tweaks??

*Bump*

I did the first tweaks listed in about:config and the spell checker. I'll probably try more tweaks once I get used to this browser. Thanks for the info Sophisticated.

I love overclockers. I had a trojan virus that I couldn't get rid of with Norton and AVG got it off, and AVG is free!!

I downloaded Firefox and love it! much quicker and more convenient than IE and anything to get rid of all the Microsoft I can. Mabey one of these days I'll have enough balls to try Linux......if I do I know that all I have to do is be able to get to overclockers.com and I'll be O.K.

by the way, since I have been here all weekend reading forums and tweaking and downloading.....my wife hates overclockers.com.

if you have the intilla mouse you can set up custome button effects for the buttons

i have the right button close tab
the left as back

and i had wheel down as close all but this tab ( but i put it back becuase i didnt like not having scrool lock)

which plug in is the graphical mouse gesture? it looks like a wheel and it has icons and stuff... do you know what im talking about?

there coming out with the fix for dual monitors with the next release ( or if you want it now there are the nightly releases)

( dual monitor problem is when righ click menus show in the primary monitor no mater where the firefox window is unless you start it in the secondary monitor)