Tom, you may want to try some of these:
   
   
  Speeding Up Firefox

This is a Firefox tweak for broadband connection users: 

Make Firefox Faster 
From: http://forevergeek.com/open_source/make_firefox_faster.php 

After you get past the beginner (http://shorterlink.com/?FH16O2 ) stage with 
Firefox, try this "power-user" trick to make it download pages faster by 
allowing multiple connections so it can download more than one file at a time. 
It's only useful for broadband users, so if you're still on dial-up you can 
just skip this one for now. 
Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit Enter on the keyboard. 

2. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings 
(double-click on them to change them): 
- change "network.http.pipelining" to "true": rightclick it then choose Toggle 
- change "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true": rightclick it then choose 
Toggle 
- change "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 30 (original value is 4), 
meaning it will be able to make 30 requests at once: rightclick it then choose 
Modify, overwrite the original value & enter 30. 

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you 
enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page 
loading. 

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it 
"nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the 
amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. 
If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now! 
I was also reading somewhere (I don't remember where now.. I restarted Firefox 
to check out the above changes) that you shouldn't make the last "nglayout" 
change on OSX for some reason. But give it a try-- you'll like it! Of course 
this also increases the load on a given webserver as it gets more simultaneous 
requests per browser, but I'd say that the the speed improvement is worth it. 

Here is the illustrated version of that tweak: 
http://users-guide.org/index.php?c=text&id=29 

For dialup users 
There's an extension that can do the above tweak and a little more called Tweak 
Network Settings and others who have used it have found that it has more of an 
effect on dialup than highspeed internet (aka broadband). More info on that 
extension here: 
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=327&vid=989
 
The description of the extension says that it requires Firefox: 0.9.x - 1.0. 
More info on the Tweak Network Settings extension here: 
http://www.bitstorm.org/extensions/ 

For Beginner's Firefox Guide 
http://www.bytecave.net/anders/guide/guide.html 
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~conberj/fx_guide/fx_guide.pdf 
   
   
   
  Hacking Firefox: Speed Up Your Browser
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854508,00.asp

This is an excerpt from the ExtremeTech book, Hacking Firefox: More Than 150 
Hacks, Mods, and Customizations. This chapter shows you how to speed up page 
rendering, tune Firefox to your CPU, optimize memory and caching, and more. 

This very looonnnggggg multi-paged article taps into increasing browser 
performance, decreasing response time, and tweaking the most out of the Firefox 
browsing experience. Hacks to the connection, page rendering, disk and memory 
caches, and memory usage enhance performance greatly. Additionally, the chapter 
covers the use of third-party builds that offer extended fixes and 
optimizations specific to your computer's processor capabilities; these builds 
offer improvements in rendering images and core browser functionality, tweaking 
even more performance in the long run. 

Finally, the importance of cleaning up the profile to remove any lingering 
issues or junk that may have been left behind by extensions, hacks, and normal 
use is covered. 

Deviating from RFC Specs
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854508,00.asp
Hacking Simultaneous Connections
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854513,00.asp
Pipelining Hacking
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854514,00.asp
Other Hacks
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854515,00.asp
Optimizing Page Rendering
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854511,00.asp
Hacking Page Rendering
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854509,00.asp
Unblocking Error Dialogs
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854512,00.asp
Disabling Smooth Scrolling
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854516,00.asp
Bandwidth and Processor-Specific Optimizations
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854517,00.asp
Optimizing Disk and Memory Cache
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854518,00.asp
Viewing, Changing Size, and Cleaning Your Disk Cache
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854519,00.asp
Increasing Memory Cache Size
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854520,00.asp
Windows Memory Optimization Hack
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854521,00.asp
Venturing into Optimized Third-Party Builds
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854522,00.asp
Spring Cleaning
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854523,00.asp
Cleaning Up after Uninstalling or Upgrading
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854524,00.asp
Summary
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854525,00.asp

  
 
   
  Speeding up Firefox Loading

Firefox loading can be slowed down by the following:
1. Unresolved bugs inherent in Firefox
2. Too many extensions installed
3. Your firewall
4. Too many open tabs loading
5. Any page with a big ad specially if you have an ad-blocker
6. Firefox is slow with huge tables while IE is quite fast with them. 
Firefox tries more actively to update the display during the page load so if 
your homepage is too complicated and consisting of several complicated 
elements, Firefox loading will slow down.
7. Firefox conforms more to standards.
8. On a brand new system with a fast CPU, Firefox loading time is almost as 
fast 
as IE. On older systems it takes a bit of time to launch. With Firefox it seems 
that CPU speed is more important than the RAM you have. Just some personal 
observations. 
9. Spyware and adware

My suggestions to speed up Firefox loading:

I would first empty the Prefetch cache, go to Run and type prefetch, hit Enter, 
select all files and delete them. 

Empty your c:/windows/temp folder and also the temp folder under your username 
which will be c:\documents and settings\username\local settings\temp. Replace 
c: with your drive letter where Windows is installed and username with your 
Windows logon name. Make sure you are displaying hidden files and folders to 
find these temp folders. 
Empty the Recycle Bin then defrag and reboot. The first reboot will take a 
little longer as the prefetch directory fills.

Try using a blank page as your homepage. Firefox loads to a blank page in 2 
seconds, and loads Google in less than 2 seconds. Of course this is only when 
it has been used at least once since last boot. The first use is much 
slower...about 10-15 (?) seconds. If you want it to load fast on first use, 
that is where the turbo extension comes in. The Mozilla suite already has this 
option built in. 

Clear your Firefox cache and history.
Defrag your harddrive.

Uninstall and reinstall Firefox if none of the above works but first try the 3 
suggestions below. Also, if you are going to uninstall/reinstall, make sure you 
back up your bookmarks first.

There are more speed tweaks for Firefox here but I would suggest that before 
you make any changes, write them down on a notebook and date your changes:
http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?showtopic=49328 

FireFox is great and with a little coaxing it works even better. Here are a 
couple of noteworthy hacks that convince Firefox to operate faster. 

Launch Firefox and type about:config in the address bar. Hit Enter.
  

Tweak #1 

1. Find browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs and double click on it t so it = 
true 
3. Find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests double click on it and change it 
from 4 to 100 
  

Tweak #2 

1. Open Firefox (If not already). 
2. In the Address Bar, type in: About:config. 
3. Look up for: Network.dns.disableIPv6 
4. Double click on it! 

Now, doubleclick on it and it should say true. Restart Firefox and it should be 
faster! 
  

Tweak #3 

Setting the initial paint time to 0 is a BIG one. (In other articles some users 
say this will actually slow down Firefox a bit. I say test this setting and you 
decide. If it does slow down loading, try setting it to 1 perhaps?)
You have to add it manually. (Right click>New String) 
nglayout.initialpaint.delay
  

More suggestions:

A. Use Firefox Preloader

The following program is what you want. The thing you have to remember is that 
IE is effectively already running just as soon as you boot up XP as it is a 
core component of Windows XP as designed by MS. Windows Explorer or 
explorer.exe is really part of IE which is why you can surf the net directly 
from within Windows Explorer without ever launching a separate IE window. 
Firefox on the other hand is not running at all until you call for it. The 
startup on Firefox will always be a little slower than IE even on the best 
maintained system. 
This program will do the same for Firefox. The idea is to load Preloader at 
startup, like the IE engine does.
  

Firefox Preloader
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/ 
Platform supported: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP) 
Freeware

Firefox Preloader is a utility that is designed to load parts of Mozilla 
Firefox into memory before it is used to improve the its startup time. The 
first time the pre-loader runs, it may ask you for the directory that Firefox 
is installed in if it was unable to automatically find Firefox. You may change 
this later if you wish. To use the Firefox Preloader, simply place a shortcut 
in the Windows StartUp folder, if one is not present. To begin using it right 
away, simply use the shortcut in the Windows Start Menu under the Firefox 
Preloader program group. A Firefox icon will appear in the Systray when the 
Preloader is loaded at startup. A corresponding entry will also probably appear 
in msconfig's Startup tab. Which means with this program, Windows will boot up 
slightly slower since this program will occupy a part of your memory. When all 
of the Firefox Windows are closed, Firefox will remain in memory and the next 
startup will be instantaneous.
  

CAVEAT: 
If you need to install extentions to Firefox you will have to unload the 
preloader to do a full shut down of Firefox. Also, when you update Firefox, you 
must first unload the preloader to complete the update process. Just rightclick 
the preloader icon in Systray (or Notification area) and choose the Unload 
option.

>From SourceForge:

Since the Firefox Preloader will keep Firefox loaded, even when no Firefox 
windows are visible, installing or removing themes and extensions may not take 
affect as expected. Since Firefox must be restarted to remove or install a 
theme or extension, you must terminate Firefox using either of the following 
methods:

1. Use the ‘File->Exit’ menu item in any Firefox windows. 
2. Use the “Reload Firefox” menu item in the Preloader's tray icon menu. 

Should you plan to work or/develop a theme or extension, the Preloader can 
easily get in the way by requiring the extra effort to terminate Firefox. To 
make sure that Firefox always unloads when you close all Firefox windows, you 
can deactivate the Preloader by using the “Unload Firefox” menu item from tray 
icon menu. You can make the Preloader resume its normal function by using the 
“Reload Firefox” menu item in the tray icon menu.

Documentations:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=129464
The documentations include the manual and Read Me
  

B. Firefox is slow to load initially on WinXP. You can speed this up a bit by 
using XP's built in prefetcher. Simply right-click on the Firefox icon you use 
to start the browser and then go to Properties. Add the text /Prefetch:1 to the 
end of the line in the Target field in the Shortcut tab then click OK. The 
whole line should look something like the following: 
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /Prefetch:1
  

C. Flexbeta FireTweaker 2.0.1 
http://www.emilsoft.net/products/firetweaker.php
Flexbeta Firetweaker is the most advanced tweaking and optimization software 
for Mozilla Firefox. It bundles more than 20 different tweaks to optimize or 
customize Mozilla Firefox based on your Computer and Internet Connection 
speeds. 

Features:
The Most Advanced Tweaking utility for Firefox. 
More than 20 tweaks. 
Performance Optimizations based on the System and Internet Connection Speed. 
100% Clean for your tweaking pleasure. 
RollBack Engine to revert your browser settings to its previous state. 
Native 64-Bit Edition Under Development. 

System Requirements:
Microsoft Windows 2000/ME/XP/2003 
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 
Minimum of 64MB of RAM 
   
   
   
  FasterFox
Current version: 1.0.2
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
Freeware

Note: A security bar will appear at the top of Firefox. You must grant 
fasterfox.mozdev.org the rights to install XPI. To do this click the "Edit 
Options..." button on the right side of the bar, and then in the "Allowed 
Sites" dialog box, click the "Allow" button. After doing this, you will have to 
click the XPI Installation Link again. 

Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as 
simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.

Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with the unique prefetching mechanism, 
which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links 
on the page you are browsing.

A popup blocker for popups initiated by Flash plug-ins is also included.

It contains no spyware or adware. 

   
   
   
  FireTune for Firefox v1.x
http://www.totalidea.com/content/firetune/firetune-index.html
Freeware
Platforms supported: Win98, Me, 2000, Windows 2003, WinXP SP1 (or higher), 
Windows Vista

According to your specific computer speed and internet connection speed, 
FireTune will optimize several internal settings of Firefox for better 
performance. FireTune does NOT modify the Firefox executable, or any other 
Firefox binary file. Everything can be undone easily at a single mouseclick 
only.

Download link
http://www.totalidea.com/content/firetune/firetune-down.html 
   
   
   
   
  Troubleshooting Firefox: Performance Problems

Suggestions:
Clean out your Firefox's Download Manager (Tools>Downloads).
Uninstall Firefox, re-download and then reinstall it.

A lot of the problems associated with speed and FireFox can be corrected by 
clearing the cache, cookies and download history. 
I also suggest you to start *Firefox* 'Safe Mode':
Click Start>All Programs>Mozilla Firefox>Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode))
When you start Firefox (Safe Mode), it will automatically disable all your 
extension and switch back to default theme. It helps to determine whether any 
faulty extension is causing this problem or not. DO NOT boot Windows in Safe 
Mode. That's different.

I had a simliar issue before and after creating a new profile, Firefox ran 
great. This is what I did:
1- Close Firefox. 
2- Before you do this step, make sure all your Firefox windows are closed.

Go Start>Run>type:
firefox.exe -ProfileManager 

Hit Enter.
3- Create a new test profile and check the performance after that. 

   
   
   
  What To Do When Firefox Causes 100% CPU Usage

It seems that some Firefox users, no matter what platform they are using 
(Linux, Windows or Mac), are experiencing the CPU usage jumping to 100%. 

The possible causes could be any of the following:

1. Too many unnecessary startup programs booting with Windows. Disable them 
using a third-party startup management utility. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to get the 
Task Manager. The Processes tab lists all the processes that are running. In 
the Processes tab, you can select the fields to display in the View/Select 
Columns menu. That will get you more than you will ever want to know. You can 
also click Start>Run>type msconfig>hit Enter>Startup tab, to see if you 
recognize any unnecessary programs that you can disable like anything to do 
with Quicktime or Winamp Agent, anything to do with Microsoft Office, etc. 
These are not necessary processes at startup. You can start them manually when 
you need them.

2. Perhaps there are too many programs open. Close the ones you are not 
currently using.

3. A conflicting extension installed in Firefox could be causing the problem. 
Uninstall it if you can isolate which one is the culprit.

4. Firefox is being made to launch a very Flash-y (lots of Flash animations) 
site or homepage or a site that has a lot of ADs or a combination of both.
The solution is instal an ad-blocking extension to block ads like FlashBlock.
This is where you download the FlashBlock extension:
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html

Use Firefox to download it so you can install it right after you download it. 
After you install it, close Firefox and re-launch the browser. XPI files are 
extensions, packaged to be handled by the extension installer. And FlashBlock 
works find in WinXP Pro and Win2K at least. When you click on an xpi file from 
the Firefox browser, a window should open giving you the option of installing 
the extension. If that doesn't work try downloading the file and then dragging 
it to the extension manager.

If you are using Firefox 1.0.x, Mozilla Suite 1.x, Netscape 7 and 8 and 
reinstalling or upgrading to a newer version of Flashblock you MUST remove the 
existing installation of FlashBlock first. 

If you are using Deer Park Alphas onwards including Firefox 1.5 Betas; and 
Flock you do not need to uninstall a previous version of Flashblock when 
installing a new version. Likewise, you don't need to uninstall Flashblock 
beforehand or take any other manual steps when upgrading or reinstalling 
Flashblock on Firefox 1.5 or later. 

The Uninstallation Guide is here: 
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/uninstall.html

Open Firefox and click on one of the links below to install Flashblock. Note 
that you must restart your browser for FlashBlock to be enabled after you 
installed it. 

Install Flashblock 1.5.1 for Firefox 1.5.0.x, Firefox 1.6a builds, and Flock:
http://downloads.mozdev.org/flashblock/flashblock-1.5.1.xpi 

Install FlashBlock 1.3.4 for Firefox 1.0 to 1.5, Firefox 1.6a trunk builds, 
SeaMonkey (all builds), Mozilla Suite 1.7.x, Netscape 7 to 8.0.x, and Flock 
0.4+. (includes a toolbar button for all supported browsers):
http://downloads.mozdev.org/flashblock/flashblock-1.3.4.xpi

Camino installation: Please follow instructions located at: 
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20041217163514494 

K-Meleon installation: K-Meleon 0.9 comes with Flashblock built-in. 
For older versions of K-Meleon, please follow instructions located at: 
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=FlashBlock 

Install Flashblock 1.5.unstable for Firefox 1.5.0.x to Firefox 3.0a trunk 
builds, and Flock. 

To test your FlashBlock installation, visit this page: 
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/ 

IMPORTANT: 
If you use Firefox or Mozilla, you must restart twice before FlashBlock will 
work. 
If Flashblock doesn't work, first try deleting or renaming the userContent.css 
file in the chrome subdirectory of your profile. If you don't know where your 
profile directory is, click here:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#profile

Older versions of Flashblock can be found here: 
http://downloads.mozdev.org/flashblock/ 

"Software installation is currently disabled ..."
If you get this error message while trying to install Flashblock from the web, 
please read our F.A.Q. entry on this issue:
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/faq.html#fbFf15Install 

More info here:
FlashBlock
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html
100 % CPU usage makes Firefox unusable 
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=184258&postdays=0&postorder=asc&postsperpage=15&start=0
 
   
   
   
  Many times the high memory usage by Firefox may have to do with a big cache. 
Reducing it's size may resolve the problem.
That means, in Firefox, click Tools>Privacy tab>Cache tab.
In the "Use up to:" box, enter a lower number there. 76.8 MB? 
   
   
  Fixing Firefox’s Voracious Appetite for Memory

This is more of a workaround rather than a fix. But so far this seems to have 
worked to help throttle back the Firefox browser’s design to cache pages in 
memory:

Go the address bar of firefox (where the “http://” usually is entered) and type 
“about:config”. 
Look for “browser.cache.disk.capacity” and click on it. 
Change the default 50000 to a lower value. Mine is defaulted at 76800. It was 
recommended that if you have 512Mb RAM, you should set it to 15000. What you do 
is to rightclick browser.cache.disk.capacity and choose Modify. Change the 
value accordingly.
Restart Firefox. 
So far my memory consumption, with a ton of tabs “On”, has been hovering at 
80Mb. Much better than the previous 240Mb it used to consume.

Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move 
Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. 
And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so 
it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and 
select New>Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You 
have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.

See how quick and painless that was? At any rate you can always go back and 
delete the same setting that you just created if you start to experience any 
issues. You can also set the browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers value to 
0 because that will prevent Firefox from caching pages for the Back button. 
This is also supposed to free up some memory that gets stolen.

This fix also works for Thunderbird. I am not a Thunderbird user so I didn’t 
realize this. After thinking about it I realized it “should” also work for 
Netscape, Mozilla, and SeaMonkey. Also, this fix is only for Windows machines 
(sorry Mac users). 
SOURCE: 
http://cybernetnews.com/2006/03/26/this-may-help-your-firefox-memory-leak/

More memory usage reduction measures here:

Reducing Your Memory Usage In Firefox
http://cybernetnews.com/2006/04/04/reducing-your-memory-usage-in-firefox/

CyberNotes: Minimizing Firefox Memory Leaks
http://cybernetnews.com/2006/11/15/cybernotes-minimizing-firefox-memory-leaks/
  
Keeping Track Of Firefox Extensions That Leak Memory
http://cybernetnews.com/2006/05/07/keeping-track-of-firefox-extensions-that-leak-memory/
  
CyberNotes: Firefox Extensions cause Memory Leaks and Crashes
http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/05/cybernotes-firefox-extensions-cause-memory-leaks-and-crashes/
  
The Leak Monitor extension tells you where the memory leak is coming from in 
Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2490
http://dbaron.org/mozilla/leak-monitor/ 
   
   
  Firefox Performance Guides
http://blog.lxpages.com/2007/09/05/firefox-performance-guides/

  LXPAGES have compiled a huge list of Firefox tips, tricks and tutorials to 
boost browsing performance and make it more efficient. Firefox is one of the 
simplest browsers but at the same time a very complex one, feature-rich and 
flexible too.

So for this reason numerous documents have been written by many different users 
and professionals to improve Firefox experience even more.

1. 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever - A bunch of hacks to tweak, maximize and 
customize your Firefox browser.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/15-coolest-firefox-tricks-ever.html
   
  2. Lower Firefox’s Ram Usage With This Simple Hack - This Firefox ‘hack’ 
brings the ram usage to less than 10MB whenever you minimize Firefox. IE7 and 
Opera both have this implemented by default and so should Firefox. This is a 
great way to help with the memory leaks.
http://cybernetnews.com/2006/03/26/this-may-help-your-firefox-memory-leak/

3. I want a Firefox Extension to … - 200+ extremely useful Firefox extensions 
that save time and effort.
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-firefox-extension/index.html

4. Firefox Extensions cause Memory Leaks and Crashes - If your Firefox browser 
is running slowly, check out this article.
http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/05/cybernotes-firefox-extensions-cause-memory-leaks-and-crashes/

5. 25 of the best extensions for Firefox - Have It Your Way! - The following is 
a list of the best 25 extensions for Firefox.
http://lesliefranke.com/files/firefoxyourway/

6. Lightning Fast Browsing Trick For Internet Explorer And Firefox - Excellent 
video tutorial. Make web pages load lightning fast.. A must-see tweak for 
Firefox and Internet Explorer users.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/333720/lightning_fast_browsing_trick_for_internet_explorer_and_firefox/

7. Firefox keyboard shortcut to retrieve closed tabs - CTRL-SHIFT-T!

8. Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Improve your Productivity - Top 10 extensions 
that will keep you focused, reduce distractions, streamline your daily work 
flow, and improve your productivity.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/top-10-firefox-extensions-to-improve-your-productivity.html
  
9. The 7 hidden pages within your Firefox browser - Have fun browsing through 
your browser’s internal features.
http://www.our-picks.com/archives/2007/01/18/the-7-hidden-pages-within-your-firefox-browser/

10. Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config - Discover more than 20 
behind-the-scenes tweaks for speeding up page loads, reducing memory drain and 
making the interface behave the way you want it to.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020880

11. Top Firefox 2 config tweaks - Cool Firefox Trick. Leave me alone.
http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live-top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php

12. 20 must-have Firefox extensions - These plug-ins give you souped-up 
functionality, better look and feel, and streamlined development tasks
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011975&intsrc=hm_list

13. Did you know these basic Firefox Tips? - You May know those BIG things But 
Did you know these?
http://cybercapital.org/index.php/2007/05/21/did-you-know-these-basic-firefox-tips/

14. Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet - Get the low down on all the Firefox keyboard 
shortcuts and useful hints and tips with this Firefox cheat sheet.
http://lesliefranke.com/files/reference/firefoxcheatsheet.html

15. How to reduce the memory usage on Firefox? - This article gives you simple 
steps to optimize your PC memory usage.
http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/24939/How_to_reduce_the_memory_usage_on_Firefox
  
16. Firefox Tweak Guide - Nice Firefox tweaking article.
http://www.tweakfactor.com/articles/tweaks/firefoxtweak

17. Improve Firefox performance by enabling HTTP pipelining
http://macosxcocktail.blogs.com/cocktail/2005/01/improve_firefox.html
   
  18. Up-to-date Tips: Increasing Firefox Performance
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/up-to-date-tips-increasing-firefox-performance.html

19. Firefox Performance Preferences
http://www.vector64.com/PerfPrefs.html

20. Simple Firefox DNS Hacks To Boost Performance
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-firefox-hacks-to-boost-performance/

So there you have it. The best performance boosting guide list ever! 
   
   
   
  

Tom Mitchell  wrote:
  I switched to Foxfire as my main browser some time ago. There are many things 
that I like about it over IE. There is a problem worth mentioning.

Some sites, whether it's just trying to get to the home page or one where I'm 
already at the home page and I'm signing in, I wait forever to get to where I'm 
going...the icon keeps moving because the computer is working. At those times, 
I open IE and get there immediately. I click back to Foxfire and it's still 
working! I don't understand why this happens.


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