Firefox

Firefox Tweak - Memory Cache

A quick way to increase the responsiveness of firefox is to turn off the disk cache and turn on the memory cache. This will keep a cache of recently visited websites/images in the computer's RAM instead of on the hard…

Firefox Add-ons

For my and your reference, here's a list of my firefox add-ons that I'm currently using :)

Am I missing any good ones?


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Greasemonkey scripts won't update on Ubuntu

The usual reason for not being able to update the scripts is that your permissions are wrong in your Firefox folder. Your Greasemonkey scripts will be in your firefox folder. The default place for this is (please…

Compiling and Installing Nightly Builds of Firefox on Windows 7

This article details how to download and compile the latest bleeding edge build of Firefox on Microsoft Windows 7. The firefox build will be full of bugs because it is bleeding edge, so don't use this for anything…

Slow DNS Lookups in Firefox on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Unfortunately the IPv6 issue is still at large in Karmic Koala and will affect just about every internet application.

The problem is caused by Ubuntu requesting everything by IPv6 first even if there are no IPv6…

Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0

Microsoft took a step too far recently when they installed an add-on into Firefox in a recent Windows update "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1". As you can see in the following image I have disabled but not…