Wednesday, May 30, 2007

My about:config List for Firefox

Pipelining
Set network.http.pipelining to True
Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to True
Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to something like 30

Start Rendering Pages Faster
Create new integer and name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0

Paste Multiple Lines as a Single Line
Set editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines value to 2

Limit RAM Usage to 10MB When Minimized
Create new boolean and name it config.trim_on_minimize and set value to True

Stop Pre-fetching Links You Don't Click
Set network.prefetch-next value to False

Use Spellcheck In Input Fields as well as Text Areas
Set layout.spellcheckDefault value to 2

Stop Automatic Image Resizing
Set browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing value to False

Reduce the Number of Reflows
Create new integer and name it content.notify.interval and set the value to 1000000
Create new boolean and name it content.notify.ontimer an select True

Close Button Preferences
Set browser.tabs.closeButtons to any of the following:
0 Display a close button only on the currently active tab
1 Display close buttons on all tabs
2 Don't display any close buttons
3 Display one close button at the end of the tab bar

Open Search Results in a New Tab
Set browser.search.openintab value to True

Open Bookmark Groups in New Tabs (Does Not Replace Open Tabs)
Set browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace value to False

Squeeze More Tabs Into the Tab Bar
Set browser.tabs.tabMinWidth to however small you want your tabs before overflow

Maximize Connections to Multiple Servers
Set network.http.max-connections to something like 32

Stop Graphics Caching
Set browser.cache.memory.enable value to False

Stop Back/Forward Caching
Set browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers value to 0

Change Scrollbar Behavior (Jumps to position when scrollbar is clicked)
Create new boolean and name it ui.scrollToClick and set value to True