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MR Tech's Mozilla, Firefox & Thunderbird Hacks
Topic Started: Dec 14 2005, 12:17 PM (353 Views)
paq7512	Dec 14 2005, 12:17 PM Post #1
Loyal Member Posts: 301 Group: Member Member #7 Joined: August 22, 2004	Source : Code: hxxp://www.mrtech.com Disclaimer: Neither MRTECH.com nor Mel are responsible for any side-affects, crashes or disasters that may occur from applying any of the following hacks, 'nuff said, let's get-it-on!!!! I had originally written about download throughput hacks and a FavIcon hack, and after looking around I found a few more that are of interest and I figured I'd share them with everyone. BTW, these hacks will also work with Netscape 7.x/8.0 and Thunderbird. I'm not taking credit for all of these hacks, just some, but I figured putting them all together would be a great resource, enjoy. These tweaks have been tested on high speed networks and cable, they might need to be tweaked for slower connections. What's new with this release (6/28/2005): # Added: "app.update.interval" to "Performance" section which check for Firefox updates every 7 days not every day # Added: "browser.sessionhistory.max_viewers" = 5 to "Performance" section, which adds support Firefox 1.1 blazing fast back & forth page caching # Added: "network.prefetch-next" set to false to avoid additional traffic and other possible issues. # Updated: Increase mousewheel scroll from 6 lines to 8 What's new with this release (9/23/2004): # Added: "mail.default_html_action" = 3 to compose emails in both html & text formats and remove old annoying prompts # Added: Disable "mailnews.message_display.allow.plugins" and "javascript.allow.mailnews" of these for security reasons # Added: Set "alerts.totalOpenTime" = 7 seconds to give me time to click on the mail alert popup # Added: Enable "browser.xul.error_pages.enabled" to display error page instead of error popup (for performance reasons too) # Added: Disable "mailnews.show_send_progress", really no use for a progess window if the email has a progress bar on the bottom # Added: Disable "mail.inline_attachments" for security and performance reasons # Fixed a typo on the "network.http.keep-alive.timeout" line How to: You can apply the patches one of these ways: 1) Use the ChromeEdit Extension, 2) use the about:config screen which lets you add, modify or reset values or 3) manually add all of these hacks to the prefs.js or user.js : Option 1: # Download ChromEdit, Install, restart browser # Select the new link in the Tools Menu call Edit User Files # Click on the user.js tab # copy and paste the hacks listed below at the BOTTOM of the user.js file # save the user file and restart Option 2: # Type about:config at the location/url bar, this will list all current preferences Option 3: # exit out of the browser completely, # find your prefs.js file (usually deep in your Application Data\Firefox\Profiles\... directory for windows users), # backup your prefs.js or user.js file, # copy and paste the hacks listed below at the BOTTOM of the file, # save the prefs file and restart your browser <---- Begin copy selection Below this line ----> Code: // MR Tech Hacks and Tweaks - Updated 6/28/2005 12:38:31 PM // Performance // This will allow Firefox to maintain it GUI memory so that the browser window // will snap right back after being minimized. This is fairly new and will be available // in the very near future, might be in the 0.9.x builds, but it works in current Trunk/Brand builds user_pref("config.trim_on_minimize", false); // Specify the amount of memory cache: // -1 = determine dynamically (default), 0 = none, n = memory capacity in kilobytes // If you have the memory to spare, enabling this will run things a little smoother user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536); //<-- thus equal about 64 megs, drop down to less if you can't spare the RAM // Remove painting delay when loading pages user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); // Default is 250 user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true); // Turn on timer-based reflow management user_pref("content.notify.interval", 100); // Sets the allowed time between reflows in microseconds // Set the number of reflows to do before waiting for the rest of the page to arrive user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 200); // Other Tweaks user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000); // New 8/25 user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 8191); // New 8/25 // Enable Improve pipelining: user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true); user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true); user_pref("network.http.pipelining.firstrequest", true); // Default is false user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8); // Default is 4 // Increase Multi-Threaded Downloading performance user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 96); // Default is 24 <-- Use this for modems user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 32); // Default is 8 <-- Use this for modems user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 24); // Default is 4 <-- Use this for modems user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 12); // Default is 2 <-- Use this for modems // Other Tweaks user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 86400); // Updated from 360 to 86400 - 9/22 user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 256); // Updated from 100 to 256 - 9/22 user_pref("network.ftp.idleConnectionTimeout", 60); // New 8/25 user_pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 30); // New 9/22 user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0); // New 8/25 user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true); // New 9/22 // Shows an error page instead of an error popup dialog, have been using this for a long time now // found this useful if you load multiple pages at the same the dialog box actually holds up the browser // using this will allow the other pages/elements to load for the rest of the pages user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true) // New 9/23 // Check for main Firefox applicatino update every 7 days not every day user_pref("app.update.interval", 604800000) // New 6/28/2005 // Blazying fast back & forth page navigation from you local cache // Only supported on latest Firefox 1.1 development version and // should be available with the final release, may be buggy. // More info here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274784 user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_viewers", 5) // New 6/28/2005 // Searching & Type Ahead // Change to normal Google search: user_pref("keyword.URL", "http://google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q="); // Find As You Type Configuration: // Set this pref to false to disable Find As You Type: user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true); // If you set this pref to true, typing can automatically start Find As You Type. // If false (default), you must hit / (find text) or ' (find links) before your search. user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart", true); // Set this pref to false if you want Find As You Type to search normal text too: user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly", false); // Set this pref to true if you require that the link starts with the entered text: user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.startlinksonly", false); // This is the time in milliseconds for the Find As You Type to stop watching for keystrokes: user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout", 3000); // User Interface // Enable Bookmark Icons (I love this feature) user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", true); user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", true); user_pref("browser.chrome.load_toolbar_icons", 2); // New 8/25 // Do not Reuse Active Mozilla Browser, create a new one for email links etc. user_pref("advanced.system.supportDDEExec", false); // Disable Smooth Scrolling (found it faster to have this off) user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false); // Allows for faster mouse scrolling user_pref("mousewheel.withnokey.numlines", 8); // Adjust this accordingly - Default = 1 user_pref("mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines", false); // This must be set to false in order to read previous line user_pref("extensions.disabledObsolete", true); // Update 9/22 user_pref("browser.display.show_image_placeholders", true); // New 8/25 // 1.0 Preview disables dynamic theme switching, this re-enables dynamic theme switching. user_pref("extensions.dss.enabled", true); //New 9/1: maybe buggy don't complain :) // Mail & News user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false); // New 9/23 // always send messages in MIME format (both plain- and HTML-formatted) user_pref("mail.default_html_action", 3); // New 9/23 // The follow two are disabled for security reasons user_pref("mailnews.message_display.allow.plugins", false); // New 9/23 user_pref("javascript.allow.mailnews", false); // New 9/23 user_pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 7000); // New 9/23 // Disable this for performance and security issues when reading emails // Security issues? Yes especially with zlib, jpeg, png and all kinds of new attacks coming out, // displaying images inline can no longer be taken for granted. This only affects attached graphics. user_pref("mail.inline_attachments", false); // New 9/23 user_pref("mailnews.show_send_progress", false); // New 9/23 // Security // Just to make sure, disable windows shell: protocol user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.shell", false); // Show full path for plugin file on about:plugins page // the full path was removed for security purposes, please keep that in mind // Note: showing full paths can be a security risk only use when debuging. user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", false); // Disable prefetching as it may try to set cookies and other unwanted cache bloat user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false); // New 6/28/2005



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