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Reduce RAM Memory Usage for Mozilla Firefox

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Open Firefox configuration by pasting about:config into address bar and look look for values below.

Use filter to make it snappy.

1. Set Firefox to use less memory upon minimize

  • config.trim_on_minimize True
  • browser.cache.memory.capacity 16384
  • browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers 0
  • image.animation_mode none

2. Network pipelining reduces network load and can reduce page loading times.

  • network.http.pipelining True
  • network.http.pipelining.maxrequests 8

3.  Configure FF Tools

  • Tools –> Options –> Privacy -> Use Custom Setting for history
  • Tools –> Options –> Applications -> PDF & other

4. Disable or uninstall unnecessary plug-ins, ad dons etc.

5. Try open less tabs.

6. If nothing helps then try closing and opening FF again.

7. Enjoy

Set Firefox to use less memory upon minimize

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