Any way to speed firefox up?

[aceO07]

Sometimes it can get annoying since it seems to take a few seconds before the program comes back up again. My computer isn't that slow either. It's 2.4Ghz with 512MB RAM. Any suggestions on how to get it pop back up faster?

 

[glugglug]

The #1 thing that causes delays when Mozilla or Firefox windows are brought to the front/unminimized is that Windows likes to swap its memory to disk ASAP.
It does this to Mozilla and Firefox more so than any other applications it seems, and I strongly suspect this is intentional. If you are on a laptop it will magnify this effect because laptop hard disks are painfully slow.

Your best bet is to make sure your swap file is not fragmented.

If you are using the stockticker extension, this can have similar effects, even more severe when opening a new Firefox window or tab.

 

[CTho9305]

Go to the url "about:config"
set config.trim_on_minimize to false (you may have to add it as a new boolean value).

 

[aceO07]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
Go to the url "about:config"
set config.trim_on_minimize to false (you may have to add it as a new boolean value).

I'll give it a try. Thanks

 

[BlueWeasel]

Firefox Tweak Guide

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: glugglug
It does this to Mozilla and Firefox more so than any other applications it seems, and I strongly suspect this is intentional.

Do you have any evidence to back this ridiculous statement up?

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: glugglug
It does this to Mozilla and Firefox more so than any other applications it seems, and I strongly suspect this is intentional.

Do you have any evidence to back this ridiculous statement up?

It's possible Mozilla and Firefox are the only apps that properly ask the OS to trim their working set when minimized...

 

[Nothinman]

Do you have any evidence to back this ridiculous statement up?

That ridiculous statement was originally a 'feature' and enough people complained that config.trim_on_minimize was introduced.

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76831