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How do I make Firefox 3.5 open faster? I love FF but use IE8 when I want to get on fast because it opens faster...I'm running Windows Vista, Home Premium.
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How do I make Firefox 3.5 open faster? I love FF but use IE8 when I want to get on fast because it opens faster...I'm running Windows Vista, Home Premium.
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If you have any add-ins installed, they can drastically increase the amount of time FireFox takes to load up.
Start by disabling all of the add-ins. Then enable them one at a time in order of priority to you. Stop when the amount of time it takes to start is as long as you are willing to put up with.
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Just continue to use it. Superfetch will learn that you like to use Firefox and preload it into memory so it starts faster.
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Firefox introduced a new thing where it scans all your temp files in 3.5. I believe in 3.5.2 they disabled this, so your best bet would be to update to that.
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Clear your cookies and cache. That might affect load times.
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This worked for me:
http://lifehacker.com/5311669/speed-up-firefox-35-start+up-on-windows
Basically, clear out these folders (exact location names might vary for Vista):
C:\Documents and Settings*user*\Local Settings\History
C:\Documents and Settings*user*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings*user*\My Recent Documents
C:\Documents and Settings*user*\Temp\
Cut my work firefox startup from about 20secs to 5 secs on XP (a mature installation). No difference on new install of Win 7 at home, but then there's been no time to build up crap in the relevant locations.
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Try FireTune to optimize FF config...
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Also, if you don't like IE, but don't necessarily want to ditch all of your extensions in Firefox, consider using Chrome for those times when you just need a browser up right away. I use it for that purpose a lot, although Firefox is still my main browser.
I'm a huge add-on fan, that's the beauty of Firefox. Will try, thanks much! – studiohack – 2009-08-19T01:28:08.850
firebug can definitively slow down the time it takes to have a page be usable. Also, make sure you set it to show a blank page, showing your last session's tabs is useful, but very slow. – Chuck – 2009-08-19T02:04:04.173