Grail Knight
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to Graystoke
Re: Tweaking for Fun/Speed - Fx v3 Series
You are welcome.
Enjoy! |
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Graystoke
join:2006-03-24
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Thank you Grail Knight. Sorry for taking so long to get around to thanking you. It was our 25th wedding anniversary, and my wife said we are going out of town for a week, and no computers. And I always agree (well almost always) with "She Who Must Be Obeyed".  |
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Grail Knight
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to jmorlan
Ya I see that now.
Long day here. Thanks.. |
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jmorlan
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said by Grail Knight  :Tried what? All of the tweaks or just a few? I'm pretty sure DataDoc was talking about:
gfx.color_management.enabled = true (default is false)
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Grail Knight
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to DataDoc
Tried what? All of the tweaks or just a few? |
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DataDoc
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1 edit | reply to timcuth
I tried gfx.color_management.enabled = true and for my 7 yr old PC it was too much of a performance hit.
(Edited for clarity.) |
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Grail Knight
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there is nothing listed under "config.trim", or "content." anything. Everything else is there. Is this normal?
That is normal. These items will be added once you have the user.js in your Profile Folder and restart Fx.
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Do I have to set up a new user.js file and enter them there?
If you have the user.js from Fx v2 series you can copy it to the Fx v3 Profile and edit it changing any entries to Fx v3 tweak values.
It is faster IMO to just to create a new user.js file and copy the tweaks into it and place it into the Fx v3 folder.
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Graystoke
join:2006-03-24
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Hope this isn't a dumb question. When I open about:config, to follow the speed tweaks posted by Grail Knight, there is nothing listed under "config.trim", or "content." anything. Everything else is there. Is this normal? Do I have to set up a new user.js file and enter them there? |
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Grail Knight
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Thanks. I used this in the past and noticed a slight difference but was using Adobe Photoshop to handle color management based on this comment below from MoZine.org.
A Caveat though;
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* Without a properly calibrated monitor and a correct color profile, color management may actually make colors look worse.
»kb.mozillazine.org/Gfx.color_man···.enabled
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timcuth
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Here is a tweak for fun (not speed - it is said to cause a performance hit) that I found on Life Hacker. It is supposed to make FF 3 display pictures with "richer" colors.
gfx.color_management.enabled = true (default is false)
If anyone tries it, let me know what you think. I have it set to true and photos do look great, but it is hard to compare between changing the setting, restarting FF, and going back to a picture.
Tim
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Grail Knight
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Re: Firefox 3.0 & memory usage
Fx v3 memory usage is way down compared to Fx v2 IMO.
I do not really think about it all that often as I have 2gb ram on my notebook and 3gb in the desktop and memory is there to be used.
IE is part of the OS so who knows how much it is really using.
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peter_m
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1 edit |  reply to Grail Knight
Is it me or is FireFox 3.0 still heavy onthe memory usage????
I still find IE7 uses less ram, or is it just me? Has anyone noticed this?
Peter |
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Grail Knight
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Re: Tweaking for Fun/Speed - Fx v3 Series
Sorry I never got a notice that I had a reply here.
I left config.trim_on_minimize in because I could find no mention of it being removed at Bugzilla and another Mozilla Site lists it as being in all versions since 0.9.
If it has been taken out leaving the entry in will harm nothing. I set mine to false as it seems to help Fx maximize faster after being minimized for a long length of time due to not allowing Fx to swap out memory while minimized.
Edit* Fixed spelling. |
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anonymous_user
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hey Grail Knight, you should remove the "config.trim_minimize" tweak since it no longer exists for Firefox 3. |
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Grail Knight
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to mbi777
You are welcome.
I noticed that it was not in the root.
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mbi777
join:2002-05-24
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Thank you so much Grail Knight!......It wasn't in the root of the Profile Folder. |
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Grail Knight
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The user.js file belongs in the root of the profile folder.
If you see other files like places.sqlite, prefs.js, bookmarks folder then you have the user.js in the correct location.
Restart Fx to take effect.
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mbi777
join:2002-05-24
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Another newbie here....Made user.js file, put in
C:\Documents and Settings\User/Application Data\Mozila\Firefox\Profiles and when I checked about:config there wasn't any additions or changes.
Hopefully you can see the pic.
Thanks for your help! |
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Grail Knight
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to Psicop
It does not matter what order they are in.
The prefs.js will pick up the changes.
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Psicop
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GK,
Thanks for this new set. I just installed it in Win and works fine. Not available in Ubuntu yet. I guess they still have to sort out lots of other stuff first as I get almost daily updates to the latest version.
I got a coupe of Q:
1. Where is that awesome bar? Can't find it.
2. Is it OK to save the different tweaks in that list mixed up? I mean like this:
user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 3);
user_pref("newsfox.advanced.favicons", false);
user_pref("metrics.upload.enable", false);
There is a "browser" tweak mixed up with newsfox and metrics. Instead of saving the browser one with its group.
Cheers. |
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