How To Speed up Firefox withOUT extensions!

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The Fox CAN be even faster with a few minor tweaks to “about:config”. If you don’t know what about:config is, type it in the address bar of your Firefox browser and hit enter… BOOM! A massive list of hidden Firefox settings. This list can seem daunting at first, since each key (list item) isn’t very descriptive. Heres where I come in, I’ll explain how-to and what keys to edit in order to greatly improve your Firefoxing.

How To edit about:config Firefox keys:
Step 1) Type “about:config” into your Firefox address bar, without the quotes, press enter
Step 2) Select the key you wish to edit, by double-clicking it, and depending on what type of key it is (3 Type: string, integer or boolean) you will be prompted to assign the key a value. If the selected key is a string type key then any string (i.e. letters) can be entered. If the key is an integer key an only an integer value (i.e. numbers) can be entered and if its a boolean key only a value of “true” or “false” can be set.

***How to create your own about:config Firefox keys:
Step 1) Type “about:config” into your Firefox address bar, without the quotes, press enter
Step 2) Right click on any listed key and select “New” –> and the type of key you wish to create.
Step 3) Enter Key value according to type of key selected to create. If the selected key is a string type key then any string (i.e. letters) can be entered. If the key is an integer key an only an integer value (i.e. numbers) can be entered and if its a boolean key only a value of “true” or “false” can be set.

Increase Performance:

Increase Connection Limit To Multiple Servers
Edit key: network.http.max-connections
Type: Integer
Set value to: 32

Increase Connection Limit To The Same Server
network.http.max-connections-per-server
Type: Integer
Set value to: 8

Increase Persistent Connections Limit Per Server
Edit key: network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
Set value to: 8

Turn On Pipelining
Edit key: network.http.pipelining
Type: Boolean
Set value to: true

Fetch Only Clicked On Items
Edit key: network.prefetch-next
Type: Boolean
Set value to: false

Immediatly Start Page Rendering
***Create key: nglayout.initialpaint.delay
Type: Integer
Set value to: 0

Optimize Usage:

Change Tab Width Before Tab Scrolling Takes Effect
Edit key: browser.tabs.tabMinWidth
Type: Integer
Set value to: 75 (fit in more tabs before overflow enables scroll)
Alternate set value to: 0 (disable scroll entirely)

Turn Off Firefox Button Tooltips
Edit key: browser.chrome.toolbar_tips
Type: Boolean
Set value to: false

Enable TextArea Spellcheck
layout.spellcheckDefault
Type: Integer
Set value to: 2

Remove “Go” Button From Firefox Navigation Toolbar
Edit key: browser.urlbar.hideGoButton=true
Type: Boolean
Set value to: true