Amaete Umanah - Chronicles of Tech Geek » firefox http://www.amaete.com Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:07:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Firefox 3.6 Released – Improves load times, startup speed and stability. http://www.amaete.com/firefox-3-6-released-improves-load-times-startup-speed-and-stability/ http://www.amaete.com/firefox-3-6-released-improves-load-times-startup-speed-and-stability/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:59:18 +0000 Amaete Umanah http://www.amaete.com/?p=1349 After months of testing, Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.6, the newest version of its popular browser.

The new edition of Firefox sports an array of features, least of which is an increase in speed — 20% faster than Firefox 3.5, according to Mozilla. It uses Gecko 1.9.2 web-rendering, which improves its load times, startup speed and stability. Javascript execution is faster and smoother as well.

We’ve talked about some of the other new features before, but our favorite has to be Personas, which lets you customize your Firefox with a single click and without a restart. There’s also autocomplete form functionality and full HTML5 support. You can check out all of the new features here.

The Firefox 3.6 beta has been in testing for several months now, but the release candidates only started coming out this month. It looks like the releases went smoothly, so Mozilla is rolling it out for everyone.

You can visit the Firefox homepage to download the newest edition of the browser.

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]]> http://www.amaete.com/firefox-3-6-released-improves-load-times-startup-speed-and-stability/feed/ 0 Automatically Change The Size Of The Firefox Searchbox http://www.amaete.com/automatically-change-the-size-of-the-firefox-searchbox/ http://www.amaete.com/automatically-change-the-size-of-the-firefox-searchbox/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:27:36 +0000 Amaete Umanah http://www.amaete.com/?p=586 The main idea of Autosizer is to keep the interface minimal, which is especially useful if you’re on a notebook with a small display. If you’re not using the searchbar the URL bar can be maximized while still being able to read a reasonable long query when searching. The search query can be removed and the search engine be resetted right after submitting in order to keep your minimal screen estate. With the new shrink to button feature you can now save even more space.

Searchbar Autosizer homepage @ MozDev

Install Searchbar Autosizer v1.4.5 @ Firefox Add-ons

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Memory Fox keeps an eye on your browser’s memory usage and notices when Firefox starts edging toward user-preset resource limits. When it does, the extension springs into action, automatically flushing your memory to recover space and keep your browser from slowing down.

To use the add-on, you need two things: A Windows operating system and Firefox 3. Once you download the tool, restart your browser then activate Memory Fox from the Tools button in the toolbar. Now the add-on is all set up to flush the memory every time you open or close a tab, or switch between tabs.

Memory Fox may not make a noticeable difference in your browsing speed if you’ve got a souped up computer, but it’s a terrific add-on for machines without a lot of extra RAM to sacrifice to the ‘fox. It’s an experimental extension, Windows only. If you give it a try on your memory-hungry Firefox installation, let’s hear how it works out for you in the comments.

Download hereMemory Fox, focuses on two ( 2 ) types of memory usage and with flushing for memory recovery. When resource requirements ( Stack and Heap ) have been reached, according to the user’s preset option settings, the memory will be flushed and recovered from Fragmented Orphaned Ram memories.

Below are the two types supported for recovery.

You can activate “Memory Fox” from the Tools Menu or from Status Bar that contains an icon for “Memory Fox”.

Note: User may need to restart Firefox after download of Memory Fox so as presets are acknowledged.

1. Working Set: The set of memory pages currently visible to the process and is [ Shareable ] between other processess.

2. Private Working Set: The set of memory pages currently visible to the process and is [ Non Sharable ] between other processes.

Note 1: Commit Memory: The amount of virtual memory that is reserved for use by a process. Virtual pages of memory within this Commit Memory will be brought into primary RAM due to process demand. Commit Memory will change due to Files Open/Closed respectfully.

Note 2: Memory Fox has very low and minimum ( CPU ) Process duration requirement within Firefox when memory recovery action is performed.

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