Ok first of all, i have read through all the Firefox tune-up tutorials on the site, and none of them have mentioned on how to make Firefox load faster like IE. So i thought i should make a easy tutorial on it.

REAL EASY WAY:
Download Firetune: FIRETUNE
And you will know what to do, just muck around with the software’s settings.

COMPLICATED BUT TECHNICAL WAY:
And second of all, all those who are still using IE (Microsoft's infamous Internet Explorer) get Firefox. Why you may ask, read this: FIREFOX vs. IE.

Have you ever noticed on how fast IE loads compared to Firefox? That is because XP preloads IE on its start-up.

After some research i found that Firefox developers have chosen not to tie up system resources before they really need it, but if you want it to load fast it is possible to achieve that by doing the same thing as what IE does.

1. Put your Firefox shortcut onto you start menu. Easier way of doing this is if you have a shortcut on your desktop drag it onto you start button on your button left.

2. Right click on the shortcut in the start menu and then 'Properties'. Find the target section which should contain something similar [ "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" ] , add '/Prefetch:1' next to the address (without the inverted commas). SO the target box should contain what is in the square brackets as follows [ "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /Prefetch:1 ]



Now by doing this Windows XP should preload Firefox on its start-up, so Firefox loads as fast as IE.
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I thought about making a tutorial on changing the about:config settings but seeing all the tutorials already available, my topic may be considered spamming.

 

 

 

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For me, Opera loads faster than IE. If you can find a way to make Firefox load faster than Opera, that'd be nice.

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