The default configuration of Mozilla Firefox is not optimal. If you want to gain the maximum level of the browser performance (depending on your current Internet connection speed) certain tweaks can be performed manually or automatically, with the help of third party software or Firefox add-ons. One of the most popular tweaking tool is FireTune, a standalone software application compatible with Windows operating system. Firetune performs automatic tweaks corresponding to various computer configurations and network settings. (related article: 2.5 Millions Downloads for FireTune: It Makes Mozilla Firefox To Run With The Speed of Light)

It delivers an optimized browsing performance, but its installation is limited only for Windows users. The general available tools for tuning the performances of Mozilla Firefox are the add-ons, which are compatible with any operating system (practically are independent of the operating system).

Fasterfox is a Mozilla Firefox add-on (compatible with version 1.5-3.0.x of the browser) designed to provide both performance and network tweaks for Firefox. It improves the browser behavior by enabling the links prefetching mechanism determining a dynamic speed increase. In the same time, many other parameters related to network and pages rendering are optimized, such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, DNS cache and initial paint delay.

On the other hand, the lite version of the Fasterfox add-on, Fasterfox Lite provides the same tweaks as the original one, but eliminates the links prefetching option, because it causes an increased server load and determines the consumption of a high amount of bandwidth.

Fasterfox Lite also offers support for pipelining for SSL. As a complement for these two add-ons, RAMBack could be used in order to free up memory held for performance purposes. An alternative for the optimization of the memory used by Firefox web browser is presented in this article: Get The Best Freeware Tools For Windows To Optimize RAM Consumption.

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