1) Have a lot of tabs? Worried about FF slowing your machine to a crawl on a restart? Change FF so it only keeps the active tabs in memory. And at startup it only loads the active tab on each window.
Visit the URL about:config, proceed past the warning, and then set
browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs
to 0 (zero) by double clicking on that value (you can search for "max" first to narrow the list of variables).
2) Install the add-on "Noscript". This add on is an inconvenience initially and occasionally afterwards, as it is a Javascript blocker. When you visit a site you trust for the first time, you'll have to let Noscript know that you want to allow JS from that site. But if you inadvertantly visit or get redirected to a shady site, it will block the JS saving your rear. Choose "Tools" -> "Add-ons" and then search for "Noscript". Install it and restart the browser. By default it will install a little icon in your address bar.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
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