How to increase web browsing speed

Monday, April 12, 2010

Tweaking cache for Firefox

Web caches reduce the amount of information that needs to be transmitted across the network, as information previously stored in the cache can often be re-used. This reduces bandwidth and processing requirements of the web server, and helps to improve responsiveness for users of the web.

By default the cache size on Firefox is 50MB. If this amount of cache is adequate for general usage, increasing the cache size to 300MB or more can help on low speed connections.


At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Edit menu, and select Preferences....
Then Network tab:

Modify the Offline Storage to 300MB instead of 50MB and close the window.

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