Comments on: Do you Need to Tweak Firefox for Speed?

By: joelg88

joelg88 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:06:38 +0000

I was on the youtube channel just browsing through some vids and saw this vid and just had to try this out. I am currently using Safari as my main browser on Windows Vista but that might change. I’ve been using FireFox 3 as my secondary browser. now that i’ve made those changes that pctipsbox.com recommended Firefox 3 is super fast. Faster than Safari. I’ll not start using Firefox more. Lets see what the Safari 4 beta’s bring. but firefox is now much faster.

By: Jani

Jani — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:52:55 +0000

“Klaatu barada nikto!” is a reference from Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell movie Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead 3.

By: subsmash

subsmash — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:31:20 +0000

Thanks for the tweaks Chris they really helped out.
FireFox FTW!

By: Sean Ames

Sean Ames — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:44:51 +0000

Wonderful tweaks- thanks a lot Chris and whoever sent this in. Also, the link provided for PCTipsBox is great too. As for the sci-fi references…well, let’s just say this video was a wonderful way to get back to chris.pirillo.com-

Day the Earth Stood Still (Gort!)
I, Robot (First bullet)
Battlestar Galactica (And they ahve a plan)

Cheers folks- and happy browsing!

By: Kunwar Kochar

Kunwar Kochar — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:10:59 +0000

“content.switch.threshold” should not be a boolean but instead an integer…
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Content.switch.threshold

But nonetheless.. thankx a lot chris! =)

By: Windows_Vista-

Windows_Vista- — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:36:54 +0000

Thanks for the tweeks they really helped me fire fox is my defult browser so thanks again

By: Matt Brown

Matt Brown — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:31:05 +0000

I am starting to use FF3 more than safari due to plug-ins even though safari is a tad faster :P

By: Robert Engelbardt

Robert Engelbardt — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:48:25 +0000

My previous comments are still valid but I was able to recover “content.internet.parsing” by simply reinstalling the application. This setting came back with the 750,000 default and other other changes I made were still present. If you decide to publish my original comment, please remove the last paragraph relating to losing the setting as it doesn’t directly relate to to the error I’m describing..

By: Pat Hawks

Pat Hawks — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:59:20 +0000

Video comment on Seesmic – http://www.seesmic.com/video/vEGsE4bt4c
If these tweaks are so great, why weren’t they all turned on by default?

By: Alex Liao

Alex Liao — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:32:41 +0000

I think we should always tweak for SPEEEEED!!!!

By: Mesiox

Mesiox — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:51:32 +0000

I have seen a few of these tweaks around, however not all, i tryed them and i do feel a vast improvement, thanks chris, and Maverick for the tips! :)

By: Spiffy

Spiffy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:39:32 +0000

content.switch.threshold is an integer value in my Firefox, I can’t change it to “true”. Does the integer value need to be changed?

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:13:28 +0000

I don’t see why people brought about this much hype about FireFox 3. I’ve used Safari for Windows for almost a year and am perfectly fine with it. I previously used FireFox 2, but did not like the interface, and after that I read TONS of information about Apple, and decided to try their browser, Safari. I thought it wouldn’t work because I did not own a Mac, but I’m using it right now and it is faster than any browser I’ve ever used. I also like it because the fonts are darker than in other browsers. And the interface is cleaner and simpler than IE7 or FF2. I thought about downloading FF3, but I’m perfectly fine with Safari for Windows and will use Safari 4 when it is released.

By: Robert Engelbardt

Robert Engelbardt — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:12:15 +0000

“Locate ‘content.switch.threshold’ and change this to True.” appears to be incorrect as this setting is looking for an integer and not a boolean “true” or “false”.

“content.interrupt.parsing”, when set to true, is necessary for this setting to to be active in any case.

In the process of attempting to change the setting, I lost it completely and don’t know how to get it back without reloading Firefox. I set the “—–.parsing” to “false” so that it won’t make any difference anyway but I would like to know how to get the original “—-.threshold” setting back. I can’t seem to find any way to modify “about:config”.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:55:28 +0000

Hello Chris
Thank you for the tweaks. I had tried other tweaks but this is much more expansive and logical. One problem though and I wanted to be sure I am right. I am legally blind and miss things but this is pretty much apparent when you go to set “content.switch.threshold and change this to True”
THis is not a true, false setting but numerical. Am I right in thinking this is to be set to “0″? or is it just an error and should be left alone.
Thank you for your incredible newsletters. I have subscribed to them for many years now and stiil can’t wait to see the latest ideas, and critiques on the subjects you wish to pass on to us.
Hope you can clear this up and thanks again,
Stan