How to Specify Your Memory Cache Usage in Firefox

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Tip 1 - 5 Tips To Reduce Firefox Memory and Cache Usage

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Claudio Cruz | permalink

Sometimes I just feel that Firefox is such a memory hog. Once I start to open up a few extra tabs, it starts to slow down my whole system. Fortunately, you can do something about it. Here are simple tips and tricks to reduce firefox memory and cache consumption. Tip 1: Reduce session history browser.sessionhistory.max_entries determines the maximum number of pages in the browser's session history, i.e. the maximum number of URLs you can traverse purely through the Back/Forward buttons. The Default value is 50. We usually won't surf more than 5 of the websites we previously surfed before, and there is really no need to store more than that in the session which can clog up memory as they grow. 1. Open Firefox 2. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar 3. Press CTRL-F and search for browser.sessionhistory.max_entries 4. Double click on the value 50 (or whatever value is there currently) and change it to something lower such as 5. 5. Restart Firefox. For Firefox 1.5 and above, you
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Tip 2 - Speed Up Firefox by Moving Your Cache to RAM, No RAM Disk Required

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bryan Lucas | permalink

We've talked about moving your cache files to a RAM disk to speed things up, but it turns out Firefox has this feature built in. Here's how to turn it on. Move Your Caches to a RAM Disk to Reduce Wear on SSDs Move Your Caches to a RAM Disk to Reduce Wear on SSDs Move Your Caches to a RAM Disk to Reduce Wear on S We've seen the speed benefits of Solid State Drives (SSDs), but they also have the downside of … Read more Read more
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Tip 3 - How to Clear Cache Memory | eHow

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Neelam Feachem | permalink

Your Web browser's cache stores images, files and graphics that are associated with the Web pages you have visited. By keeping these kinds of files in the cache, your Web browser is able to more quickly load such sites the next time you visit them. Failing to clear the cache periodically, however, could lead to your browser taking up a large amount...

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