Firefox speedup

First install ad-block plugin. If you really like a site make allow exception to help them with the banner profits :)

In address bar type : about:config

Modify these values:

scroll step

mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y = 300

network.prefetch-next = false browser.cache.disk.enable = false # Allow cache to be stored on your harddrive browser.cache.memory.enable = false

animation

browser.tabs.animate = false

browser.download.animateNotifications = false

browser.preferences.animateFadeIn = false

browser.fullscreen.animate = 0

security.dialog_enable_delay = 0

reader

reader.parse-on-load.enabled = false

reader.parse-on-load.force-enabled = false

browser.cache.disk.capacity = 358400

prefetching next page

network.prefetch-next= false

build-in video/chat

loop.enabled = false

reader

reader.parse-on-load.enabled = false

geolocation

geo.enabled = false

allow multiple site requests

network.http.pipelining = true

network.http.proxy.pipelining = true

network.http.pipelining.aggressive = true

network.http.pipelining.ssl = true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 64

network.http.max-connections = 900

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 12

http cache

browser.cache.use_new_backend = 1

search results in new tabs

browser.search.openintab = true

network.dns.disableIPv6 = true

Add this values:

nglayout.initialpaint.delay INTEGER 0

network.http.pipelining.firstrequest BOOLEAN TRUE

Linux: Smooth Scroll

general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS = 1000 [ Default 400 ]

Placeholder images:

browser.display.show_image_placeholders = false

In your firefox profile create UserContent.css

• In linux its something like ~/.mozilla/firefox/vdfhymz1.default where vdfhymz1.default is your firefox profile directory

/* Enable image placeholders */
@-moz-document url-prefix(http), url-prefix(file) {
  img:-moz-broken{
    -moz-force-broken-image-icon:1;
    width:24px;
    height:24px;
  }
}