Guide:Make Firefox LOAD FASTER!

You can slash Firefox's slow load time by compressing the DLLs and executables. There are many choices for compression but I suggest you use UPX which is free, efficient and time proven.

1. Download UPX from http://upx.sourceforge.net/#download

2. Unzip upx.exe into your Firefox installation folder which is normally C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox.

3. Make sure Firefox is not running then shell to a command prompt in the Firefox installation directory.

4. Type in the following command in a single line and hit return:

for %v in (*.exe *.dll components\*.dll plugins\*.dll) do upx "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\%v"

5. If on some later occasion you want to unpack the files, just type in the command above but add the decompression switch "-d" after "do upx."

That's it; enjoy the difference!

 

please be careful, the tweak might (will) not work for FF3. FF2 maybe

cheers ...

 

I would like to also note that whenever an update is available for Fx, you will need to decompress it in order to do so.

source: http://joyboner.com/making-firefox-faster-than-awesome/

 

I don't see how this is good, just seems like a pain to me...

 

You don't see how loading Fx faster is good?

 

I don't think there is an advantage in doing this thing, but if there are people willing to try it, then so be it.
There was a "tweak" for Opera a while back and it was the exact same thing in reverse (so to speak): decompress the .exe. This makes me wonder how UPX will make it faster. It will make it smaller, but faster?

 

I don't understand how it would work either, but if you search the term "firefox upx" on Google, then read the comments on the websites listed, many people have actually made claims that this helped.

 

I use Firefox Preloader and it works well.

 

An unmodified Firefox loads really fast on Vista with Superfetch.

 

Uh oh, I hope you didn't wake up the Superfetch trolls or else this thread is going to hell.

 

LOL... I think you're right... I should never have mentioned it.

 

Haha yea FF3 loads practically instantly on my comp. I have no need to try and make it load faster as I wouldn't be able to notice.

 

me too FF loads fast enough for me already too fast and the browser might run off my desktop

 

Are you saying that FF runs slower when SF is off?

 

I was talking about loading time, not run speed. And I didn't make any statements about what happens when Superfetch is off.

 

You sound like a politician

 

Considering I have it remembering my tabs, and it still starts in under 3 seconds....

 

Thanks for the tips still