This is about:
https://blogs.lotterypost.com/todd/2007/10/tips-to-make-firefox-download-pages-quicker.htm
The info appears to be on (in) the:
prefs.js
File at:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\jkmhwg1q.default
On Win98SE, but should work with your own operating system, whatever it might be, it would save you a lot of trouble.
This is the file's text on my Pc, it has a few more changes than those that Todd talks about, good changes:
Also go to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1553
http://bookmarkdd.mozdev.org/
And download that extension for FireFox, you will like it very much.
I have FireFox version 2.0.0.6 and it works just fine with that extension.
It got rid of all the duplicate book marks that I had.
Select All, then copy and then paste on the fille after you have deleted whatever is on it first.
Before doing it, save the original prefs.js file to your desktop or to the document folder or rename it, just in case that you make a mistake and need to undo your mistake, if so just replace the bad file with the original one.
Even if you do the changes as Todd says, first backup or save the original prefs.js file to your desktop or to somewhere else.
Much better just to use my own copy that I am putting here:
# Mozilla User Preferences
/* Do not edit this file.
*
* If you make changes to this file while the application is running,
* the changes will be overwritten when the application exits.
*
* To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL about:config
* For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#prefs
*/
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar", 0);
user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.addon-background-update-timer", 1193635302);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.background-update-timer", 1193635302);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.blocklist-background-update-timer", 1193635302);
user_pref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.search-engine-update-timer", 1193685292);
user_pref("bookmarkDD.AutoDelete.BookmarkInSameFolder", true);
user_pref("bookmarkDD.AutoDelete.BookmarkInSelectedFolder", true);
user_pref("bookmarkDD.removeURL.Askconfirmation", false);
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.sort.direction", "natural");
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.sort.resource", "rdf:http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#URL");
user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);
user_pref("browser.chrome.load_toolbar_icons 0", 0);
user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
user_pref("browser.download.dir", "C:\\Downloads");
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", "C:\\My Documents\\Torrents");
user_pref("browser.download.manager.retention", 0);
user_pref("browser.download.save_converter_index", 0);
user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days", 0);
user_pref("browser.history_expire_days.mirror", 9);
user_pref("browser.link.open_external", 2);
user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 2);
user_pref("browser.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex", 0);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.0.privacy.optedIn", true);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups", true);
user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "www.google.com");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "rv:1.8.1.6");
user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnOpen", false);
user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false);
user_pref("extensions.lastAppVersion", "2.0.0.6");
user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false);
user_pref("extensions.update.notifyUser", false);
user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "Courier New");
user_pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.cache", "windows-1251, EUC-KR, windows-1252, UTF-8, ISO-8859-1");
user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2);
user_pref("network.cookie.prefsMigrated", true);
user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 12);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 12);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.request.max-start-delay", 0);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("pref.advanced.images.disable_button.view_image", false);
user_pref("pref.advanced.javascript.disable_button.advanced", false);
user_pref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.current_page", false);
user_pref("pref.general.disable_button.default_browser", false);
user_pref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_cookies", false);
user_pref("print.print_printer", "KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2500W");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_bgcolor", false);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_bgimages", false);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_command", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_downloadfonts", true);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_evenpages", true);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_footercenter", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_footerleft", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_footerright", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_headercenter", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_headerleft", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_headerright", "");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_in_color", true);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_margin_bottom", "0.1");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_margin_left", "0.1");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_margin_right", "0.1");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_margin_top", "0");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_oddpages", true);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_orientation", 0);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_pagedelay", 500);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_paper_data", 1);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_paper_height", " 11.00");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_paper_size", -1224513665);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_paper_size_type", 0);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_paper_size_unit", 0);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_paper_width", " 8.50");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_reversed", false);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_scaling", " 1.00");
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_shrink_to_fit", true);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_to_file", false);
user_pref("print.printer_KONICA_MINOLTA_magicolor_2500W.print_to_filename", "");
user_pref("privacy.item.cookies", true);
user_pref("privacy.item.passwords", true);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize", false);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
user_pref("security.enable_java", false);
user_pref("security.warn_entering_secure.show_once", false);
user_pref("security.warn_leaving_secure.show_once", false);
user_pref("security.warn_submit_insecure.show_once", false);
user_pref("security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once", false);
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
user_pref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
user_pref("urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.https://sb-ssl.google.com/safebrowsing/getkey", 1193697591);
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-black-enchash", "1.36915");
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-black-url", "1.15684");
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-white-domain", "1.23");
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-white-url", "1.371");
user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add", "");
user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add.103", "");