about:config

Double Click on the following settins and put in the numbers below - for the tru
e / false booleans - they ll change when you double click.
Code:
browser
.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs true
network.http.max-connections 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server 4
network.http.pipelining true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining true
network.http.request.timeout 300
One more thing Right-click somewhere on that screen and add a NEW -> Integer. Nam
e it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0 . This value is the amount of
time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. Since you re br
oadband - it shouldn t have to wait.

New <----------------------------------------------->
double-click network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining values--
-> true
double-click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests a---> 8.
New > Integer. Type content.notify.interval as your preference name, click OK, e
nter 500000
New > Boolean. This time create a value called content.notify.ontimer and set it
to True
New > Integer. Type content.switch.threshold, click OK, enter 250000
New > Boolean. Type content.interrupt.parsing, click OK, set the value to False
Memory hog solution
Now I know many people will say that Firefox will take longer to maximize since
it will be located on the hard drive, but I haven t noticed ANY delays. It is able
to redraw itself just as quickly as if it was located in the ram (in my experie
nce). Okay, now here are the few simple steps:
1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then pres
s Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter config.trim_on_minimize. Press Enter.
4. Now select True and then press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox.
See how quick and painless that was? At any rate you can always go back and dele
te the same setting that you just created if you start to experience any issues.
I have also set the browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers value to 0 because
that will prevent Firefox from caching pages for the back button. This is also
supposed to free up some memory that gets stolen.