About “About:Config”

Firefox’s settings are stored in a long list of keys and values somewhat similar to the Window’s Registry. To access this list, simply type in “about:config” (without quotes, with colon) into Firefox’s address bar and press enter.

Speed Up Firefox (for Broadband Users)

1. Type about:config into Firefox’s address bar and press enter.
2. Copy and paste network.http.pipelining into the Filter bar.
3. Set network.http.pipelining to “true”.
4. Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 8.
5. Right click on a blank area in about:config, point to New, and then click Integer. Name the integer nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set it’s value to 0.

Add Close Buttons To All Tabs

1. Type about:config into Firefox’s address bar and press enter.
2. Copy and paste browser.tabs.closeButtons into the Filter bar.
3. Change it’s value to 3.

Open More Tabs Without Activating Tab Scrolling

1. Type about:config into Firefox’s address bar and press enter.
2. Copy and paste browser.tabs.tabMinWidth into the Filter bar.
3. Change it’s value to 0.