Tweaking Firefox
I’ve got to admit that since I stopped working with computers it has become more fun to play around with them on my spare time. And since I’m currently unemployed I got lots of spare time!
Surfing the net and getting my bloglines aggregator working has been a real productivity booster when it comes to this area of my life. Some of the things I’ve found I want to share with you. Especially these two pages detailing how to tweak your Firefox to become less memory consuming and having some tips about good plugins to use.
- Firefox Tweaks, Extensions and Optimizations by Chris Morell
- Firefox Guide by Will Langford
Both pages have descriptions and recommendations for plugins and some tweaking of Firefox. I found a couple of plugins that I myself now use. Wonder how I could live without them!
- Tab Mix Plus - An excellent plugin to manage your tabs better! You get an X button for each tab, unread tabs marked in cursive red, every tabs progress in loading it’s content marked like in the Fission-plugin and more.
- Fission - Shows a progressbar in your adressbar for how long it will take the page to load. Invaluable for me, who is a bit impatient of nature
- PDF Download - Lets you choose what to do with PDF documents! I’ve been looking for this little baby for a long time. I don’t like my PDF documents to open in a Firefox window.
- The best for the last - Reveal - A little plugin that lets you view the content of your tabs in cute little miniwindows just by pressing F2, oh and some more, but that functionality in it self was worth the download!
And my favourite tweaking of Firefox and it’s memory usage:
- Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then press Enter.
- Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
- In the box that pops up enter config.trim_on_minimize. Press Enter.
- Now select True and then press Enter.
- Restart Firefox.
When I minimize Firefox it drops down to 10 MB of used memory! Mmmm! *cuddles with the tweak*
Technorati Tags: Firefox, Addons, Plugins
Hannes wrote,
Tab Mix Plus was just what i was looking for! :pom: :pom:
But you forgot to mention the best function: “Undo close tab”. Invaluable for people like me who sometimes close down more than I meant to
April 13th 2006 at 00:20 (12:20 am) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.1 on 
Ubuntu Linux
Mika Perälä wrote,
Oooh, I did not even see that function! Strange… I’ve never felt the need for one. Don’t know why. Perhaps because I usually remember what was in the tab I closed and how it got there. Aaah, perhaps its because I only use like 9-10 tabs
Glad someone got use for my little tips!
Ooooo, just realised that Reveal show the content of the next and previous pages if you hover over the ‘Back’ and ‘Next’ buttons! :pom:
April 13th 2006 at 00:31 (12:31 am) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.1 on 
Windows XP
Edward Aschan wrote,
Woohoo!!! Detta var precis vad jag letade efter. Här ska tweakas¹ till förbannelse. :pom:
¹ Är tweaka ett ord på svenska? Går det verkligen att böja?
April 23rd 2006 at 17:42 (5:42 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.2 on 
Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,
Well, drag me backwards and call me Dandy! Gott att du fick användning av dem
Tweaka tror jag inte är ett svenskt ord utan svengelska.
April 23rd 2006 at 21:31 (9:31 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.2 on 
Windows XP
Edward Aschan wrote,
Och mina nya add-ons visade sig ju vara så där finurligt elaka som bara välskrivna och fungerande program kan vara. Dvs de gjorde precis vad de skulle när jag inte ville det. Kommentarstråden för Wesnoth förklarar allt.
April 23rd 2006 at 23:03 (11:03 pm) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.2 on 
Windows XP
Mika Perälä wrote,
Miyahahahahahahaaaa!
Just as I planed!
April 24th 2006 at 01:52 (1:52 am) — Using
Firefox 1.5.0.2 on 
Windows XP