My poor old PC.
One of the hits is below a second, so you must be on an SSD? I assume those on SSDs has the Firefox caching to disk switched off?
http://www.overclock.net/t/990677/ssd-and-firefox-memory-cache-size#post_13129553
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One of the hits is below a second, so you must be on an SSD? I assume those on SSDs has the Firefox caching to disk switched off?
http://www.overclock.net/t/990677/ssd-and-firefox-memory-cache-size#post_13129553
Cashing to SSD is not a problem on modern SSDs, That trhead is from 2011, that generation SSD may well have had limited write cycles for SSD blocks before degrading in performance but modern SSDs are so resiliant it really doesn't matter.
My Comp has had this Samsung 830 Pro in and powered up for 25,828 hours according to SMART data and still performs as well as it did on day 1 and SSD life projected its life expectancy up to 2021.
My Comp has had this Samsung 830 Pro in and powered up for 25,828 hours according to SMART data and still performs as well as it did on day 1 and SSD life projected its life expectancy up to 2021.
Quite liking firefox so far.
I like the way you can setup a prefs.js and use it when creating new profiles, keeping custom preferences.
I like the way you can setup a prefs.js and use it when creating new profiles, keeping custom preferences.
Found this extension really helpfulYou need to use Classic Theme Restorer plugin.
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Are there any solid comparisons showing Firefox running with caching to RAM vs caching to SSD (default)? I just checked my disk cache size and it was at 5120 which I assume is the default value anyway. I've enabled RAM caching instead and set the figure to -1 as per your blog post and will observe any differences out of sheer curiosity 
on linux my home directory is on a storage drive (non-ssd)Are there any solid comparisons showing Firefox running with caching to RAM vs caching to SSD (default)? I just checked my disk cache size and it was at 5120 which I assume is the default value anyway. I've enabled RAM caching instead and set the figure to -1 as per your blog post and will observe any differences out of sheer curiosity
so I see a big differenceI have done the same on windows just because I have free RAM and alt+tab out of games to browse
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SSD but SATA2. I always thought it could be faster...
Found this extension really helpful
np. I still can't stand tabs on top. Who thought it was a good idea?
Seems to work well providing you also disable disk caching ("browser.cache.disk.enable", false)I've enabled RAM caching instead and set the figure to -1 as per your blog post and will observe any differences out of sheer curiosity
The only problem I've found so far with firefox in windows is the font rendering
All fonts look wrong/different, with higher sized fonts showing pixelation, seems ok in chrome on windows.
I don't have any of the font problems in linux or android.
Just did this, videos load up much quicker now!
Any other benefits when compared to flash?
Seems to work well providing you also disable disk caching ("browser.cache.disk.enable", false)
The only problem I've found so far with firefox in windows is the font rendering
All fonts look wrong/different, with higher sized fonts showing pixelation, seems ok in chrome on windows.
I don't have any of the font problems in linux or android.
Have you run through Windows Cleartype settings at all?
I think the font rendering problem seems to relate to font-weight (or the way firefox does scaling).
If you set font-weight: normal it looks ok. (only a little stretched)
As soon as you set anything else the font gets stretched, almost like the scaling is wrong in firefox.
So on bold & large fonts it looks really weird and stretched.
I tried cleartype and also enabling directwrite in about:config but it still seems the same
To test it I set font-weight: normal on a normally bold element in styles, when I enable and disable the tickbox I can see the font stretch.
Doing the same thing on chrome seems ok and the font doesn't become stretched.
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here is an example (not sure if it's just my config or firefox)
If you set font-weight: normal it looks ok. (only a little stretched)
As soon as you set anything else the font gets stretched, almost like the scaling is wrong in firefox.
So on bold & large fonts it looks really weird and stretched.
I tried cleartype and also enabling directwrite in about:config but it still seems the same
To test it I set font-weight: normal on a normally bold element in styles, when I enable and disable the tickbox I can see the font stretch.
Doing the same thing on chrome seems ok and the font doesn't become stretched.
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here is an example (not sure if it's just my config or firefox)
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Personally I find the font better on Firefox.
Tried out the HTML5 player and it works much better than before. I do however notice a little lag when going to and exiting out of full screen mode compared to chrome.
I still see Flash can still make the browser hang however, I sometimes watch Twitch VoDs and after a long while Flash will crash and cause Firefox to hang for a few seconds. Wish Twitch moved to HTML5, they have a beta but it oddly only works with Safari due to using an Apple streaming technology.
Tried out the HTML5 player and it works much better than before. I do however notice a little lag when going to and exiting out of full screen mode compared to chrome.
I still see Flash can still make the browser hang however, I sometimes watch Twitch VoDs and after a long while Flash will crash and cause Firefox to hang for a few seconds. Wish Twitch moved to HTML5, they have a beta but it oddly only works with Safari due to using an Apple streaming technology.