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http://lifehacker.com/speed-up- firefox-by-enabling-its-new- http-cache-1570488335 Speed Up Firefox By Enabling Its New HTTP Cache 112,647 The Mozilla team is working on a number of performance tweaks for upcoming versions of Firefox, one of which is the use of a new HTTP cache that should fix some UI hang issues. It isn't enabled by default yet, but will be soon—and you can enable it right now with an about:config tweak. To do so: 1. Enter about:config into Firefox's address bar and press Enter. 2. Search for the browser.cache.use_new_backend flag and double-click on it. 3. Change its value from 0 to 1 to enable the new cache. (You can flip it back at any time by changing it back to 0). 4. Close about:config and continue browsing—no need to restart or anything. I enabled it and while it hasn't been a silver bullet, it seems to have helped decrease the number of times the browser screeches to a halt. Check out the link below for more info, and while you're digging around in about:config, check out some of our other favorite tweaks .

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http://lifehacker.com/speed-up-firefox-by-enabling-its-new-http-cache-1570488335Speed Up Firefox By Enabling Its New HTTP Cache112,647The Mozilla team is working on a number of performance tweaks for upcoming versions of Firefox, one of which is the use of a new HTTP cache that should fix some UI hang issues. It isn't enabled by default yet, but will be soonand you can enable it right now with an about:config tweak. To do so:1. Enterabout:configinto Firefox's address bar and press Enter.2. Search for thebrowser.cache.use_new_backendflag and double-click on it.3. Change its value from 0 to1to enable the new cache. (You can flip it back at any time by changing it back to0).4. Close about:config and continue browsingno need to restart or anything.I enabled it and while it hasn't been a silver bullet, it seems to have helped decrease the number of times the browser screeches to a halt. Check out the link below for more info, and while you're digging around in about:config, check outsome of our other favorite tweaks.