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        <title><![CDATA[10 handy Firefox about:config hacks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Given that this article dates back to 2009, now that we are on version 15.0.1 do these tweeks still fully apply?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ops@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:44:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Official Documentation Page]]></title>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chaoley]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:30:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One hack is mispelled]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nice hacks. One is mispelled:extension.getAddons.maxResults, should be plural:extensions.getAddons.maxResults]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jbleahy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:12:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Print/View all posts is your friend here.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No extra clicking.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:07:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blank out the Subject box,   PLEASE]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Would the 'Moderators' of this site (or the author of this article), please get the site designers to BLANK OUT THE SUBJECT BOX, when we are adding Comments.Most idiots (including me) don't think to enter a meaningful Subject, as there is already something presentIf it is blank, the page can refuse to accept the comment until we put something there.I don't know about you guys, but I am sure as hades, not going to click on every post, that is lacking a meaningful Subject, to see if I am interested in that comment.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob C]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:54:49 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows 7 Users: prefs.js location]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[C:\Users\(your name)\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\as4a9x4p.defaulttook me a minute, but I've been looking for a way to revert back at times after some mindless tweaking late at night.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[blamenixon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:30:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Use with Caution with 3.5.5 ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Firefox 3.5.5 on Win 7 wasn't happy at all with the changes.Made you think you had a NIC or router problem the page loads got soooooooo slow.Nice that you can reset all the setting so much easier now, though.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[nottheusual1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:10:47 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 handy Firefox about:config hacks]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-308652-3187602]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[nice tips. Not all of them should be used though. But some of them really are useful. Thanks! ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ChaosLokkenDarien@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:09:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beware that this might slow some things down]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I made the changes to the network.http.X.X stuff and it made dealing with Google maps a problem. Not sure why it would cause the problem, but at least know this is one instance where it might not serve you well. Regardless, I still like Wallen's stuff. Keep up the good work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ttsquare]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:08:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Like to see the tweaks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Could you post the tweaks so the world can see :))]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[trent_slabaugh@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:41:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Clear the cache instead.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I get the same experience in 3.* as in 2.*There is one thing I did and that is I have &quot;clear cache on exit&quot; on. I guess if you have a good broadband connection it's speedier to download content than have FireFox spend time to check the online content against the cache. The culprit may be the way FireFox stores cached pages. Well I don't know, I may be naive, but this works. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[itssri@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:14:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[yes - problem in 3.5.2]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes, I had the problem and didn't realize that this tweak WAS the problem, because I also had an ISP outage around the same time and attributed the subsequent crawling browser to them poor guys.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[itssri@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:02:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[same here - I reset everything just now  - and its a breeze]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I reset all the speed up hacks and I am back to normal.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[itssri@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:58:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[maybe that's why they screw the latest version]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I tried the speed up FireFox options on version 3.5.2 and got doomed. Just now reset them and everything's back to normal.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[itssri@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:53:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 handy Firefox about:config hacks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I tried the &quot;speed up FireFox&quot; (mine is version 3.5.2) about 10 days back and my browsing experience got screwed royally. I didn't think that this tweaking could be the problem and kept blasting my 384K DSL provider (because we had a thunderstorm around the same time). The poor guys checked everything over the last few days and finally suggested that I should try a format and re-install! Ha! Just now I had a brainwave and tried loading this very page which looked like it was on vacation. So, went in to about:config, filtered &quot;network&quot; and reset all the &quot;userset&quot; options to default and reloaded this page. And what do I see - the page came up in a flash. Valuable lesson learned...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[itssri@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:43:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I decided to ' Roll up my sleeves' ehemm, and do this yesterday - whilst doing so , I was expecting my Mac to blow up in my face  however , I can modestly say that it took me all of 2 minutes to do this . When I restarted the browser I was amazed to see that it's running like a Marathon runner ! and all i did basically was just follow step 1 .  thanks ?.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MiaZoe]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:17:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 handy Firefox about:config hacks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have made some changes to the about:config and about:cache area of Firefox 3.5 and 3.1 versions which have changed the huge amount of memory being used.  I tweaked it to where you close a tab or window and your RAM is actually recovered and Firefox acts in normal memory range. This does take minimizing Firefox after closing a tab or a window but on testing it reduced memory use from 100,000 plus back to 35,000+.  I stated 35,000+ because it varied between 35,000 to 35,653 high.  Firefox start up is kept around 35 to 36,000 instead of the reports I have read of up to 100,000 on start up.One other area is Microsoft has invaded Firefox by adding extensions or plug ins without the users consent.  MS forced DRM and Net upon users.  My question is, is MS now the internet police?  Also, MSMedia Player hooks into Firefox even if u do not allow it.  If you disable the above the next time u restart Firefox they will again be enabled.  They also eat up RAM.  I checked alert me if new posts so let me know if anyone wants my Firefox tweaks to low RAM use.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PeterPac]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:19:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OLD!!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[did you realizer these tweaks referenced at tweakfactor are from 2004.  Just a note.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[emtstephen@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:58:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i don't agree with network.http.max-connections-per-server]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[while it is good for the end-user, it puts extra stress to web servers, if there are many user access the server like this, it will just like a DDOS in sysadmins' point of view...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tomofumi]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:43:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-308652-3118979]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The tip to use &quot;openintab&quot; to open a new tab does not work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[don.zeller@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:22:10 -0700</pubDate>
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