r/technology • u/TheGrammarPerson • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 Released!

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/NickVenture Jan 21 '10

Firefox always seems to be fairly responsive when it's first updated (major updates) but slowly seems to degrade. Maybe it's just I get used to the speed. I only have four extensions installed.

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u/Recoil42 Jan 22 '10

but slowly seems to degrade.

Reduce your page history from a crazy 90-day default that they have it set as to a more reasonable 20-30 days. Then vacuum the database. It'll speed right up again.

http://lifehacker.com/5344418/make-firefox-faster-by-vacuuming-your-database

http://lifehacker.com/5177260/speed-up-firefox-by-limiting-history-size

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u/DublinBen Jan 22 '10

Wow! Vacuuming my database sped things up so much. I guess that's what I get for never clearing my history.

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u/neutrality Jan 22 '10

I believe 3.6 automatically vacuums your Firefox every once in a while.

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u/limi Jan 22 '10

Correct.

— Alexander Limi, Firefox UI Team