since Firefox comes with Ultimate Edition i thought i would share these tweaks
Speed tweaks:
content.interrupt.parsing [boolean]=true
content.max.tokenizing.time [integer]=3000000
content.maxtextrun [integer]=8191
content.notify.backoffcount [integer]=200
content.notify.interval [integer]=100000
content.notify.ontimer [boolean]=true
content.notify.threshold[integer]=100000
content.switch.threshold[integer]=650000
network.dnsCacheEntries[integer]=256
network.dnsCacheExpiration[integer]=86400
network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout[integer]=60
network.http.keep-alive.timeout[integer]=30
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy[integer]=24
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest [boolean]=true
nglayout.initialpaint.delay [string]=0
network.http.pipelining [boolean]true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests[integer]=8
network.http.max-connections[integer]=96
network.http.max-connections-per-server[integer]=32
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server[integer]=8
network.http.pipelining.ssl[boolean]=true
network.http.proxy.pipelining [boolean]=true
Other tweaks
config.trim_on_minimize [boolean]=true
ui.submenuDelay [integer]=0
increase/decrease drop box auto fill
browser.urlbar.maxRichResults = #
not many need this anymore it is for disabling your prefetch (slow internet connection or low ram)
network.prefetch-next = False
spellcheck your forms
network.prefetch-next = False
I dont use this group personally but here they are
Disable Annoying Browser Behavior
dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar
dom.disable_window_move_resize
dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar
dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar
Set all of above to value True
Disable Delay Time While Installing Firefox Add-on
security.dialog_enable_delay = 0
Scroll webpage in One Go
mousewheel.withaltkey.action=1
Increase/Decrease History Undo Close Tab Limit ( Recently Closed Tabs )
browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo= #
I have that one pumped up to 20 or 25 I brain fart a lot
Open Firefox Default Search Bar Result in New Tab
browser.search.openintab=True
here is one for all you epileptics out there
Disable Blinking Text
browser.blink_allowed = False
Show More or Less Tabs on Single Firefox Window before Scrolling
browser.tabs.tabMinWidth =# (default is 75) the smaller the number the more tabs but harder to read.
Open Firefox Default Search Bar Result in New Tab
browser.search.openintab=True
Right Click View Source in Your Favorite Editor
view_source.editor.external=True
view_source.editor.path= Path of Editor
Enable/Disable Single Click to Select Whole URL in Address bar
browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll= true=on / false=off
one for you mulers
Emule/ed2k link association
network.protocol-handler.app.ed2k= /usr/bin/ed2k
network.protocol-handler.external.ed2k = true
Fast Scrolling Across Tabs
toolkit.scrollbox.scrollIncrement =75
Auto Complete URL while You type at address Bar
browser.urlbar.autoFill=True
if you are not into animations on sites try this one
image.animation_mode [string]=none or once
Disable antivirus scanning
This is a virus scan while you download, this is mostly a windows thing so if your running windows get free download manager and set the option to scan after download is finished.
browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone =false
Auto export bookmarks as HTML
browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML=0
Open Javascript popups as tabs
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction =
0 – open all links as how you have Firefox handle new windows
1 – do not open any new windows
2- open all links as how you have Firefox handle new windows unless the Javascript specify how to display the window
Open search bar results in new tab
browser.search.openintab=true
Correctly set the History expiring time
The settings in the Preferences -> Privacy menu concerning “Remember my history for at least – days” actually set the minimum time the browsing history is kept in memory. In order to set the maximum time you have to change this key
browser.history_expire_days
Default: 180 days
You can also set the maximum number of webpages to be recorded into the history by setting the string
browser.history_expire_sites
Default: 40000 pages
Get more/less add-on search results
extension.getAddons.maxResults=#
Redefine the Backspace button
browser.backspace_action = 0 for page back 1 for page forward
for you people that dont have a constant connection u can ramp up your offline cashe
browser.cache.offline.capacity set this amount to what you want to allocate