FireFox is one of the most popular web browsers, and this attitude of users is quite justified. Let's look at the process of installing and configuring this program.
- Before configuring firefox, you need to download the distribution from https://gotofox.ru/page/download/. It also includes an extension from Google Corporation that adds many handy features to the browser, such as translating web pages on the fly. To download, you need to read and agree to the license agreement.
- Run the downloaded distribution. A standard installation wizard will appear. There are no difficulties or peculiarities in its work, just follow the instructions of the program.
- Start firefox. The Google Toolbar customization window will open. All offered options can be enabled.
- The browser is ready to go. To further customize firefox, you can use the Tools-Options menu item.
- To speed up the loading of the browser, open the properties of the shortcut that launches it, and on the Object tab add the / Prefetch line after the path and name of the executable file: 1 This will tell the system to cache, which will positively affect the loading speed.
- When minimizing firefox to tray, it by default frees the memory occupied by web pages, and when deployed, it again reserves it. This allows for more efficient use of the computer's memory, but on slower machines it can lead to significant delays. To disable this browser behavior, open the settings editor (typing about: config in the address bar), create a binary type parameter named confg.trim_on_minimize and set its value to false. The browser will need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.
- If you want, on the contrary, to limit the use of RAM by the browser as much as possible, create a parameter browser.cache.memory.capacity and specify the amount of memory in kilobytes that it is allowed to use. For the settings to take effect, you also need to restart the program.
- The browser.cache.disc.parent_directory parameter will specify where to store the page cache. Placing them on a logical (or better - physical) disk, different from the system one, will speed up the operation of both the operating system and the browser itself.
