Firefox Secrets. How to access hidden options

Virtually any operating system or software has its "dark spots" that allow access to the most important (and vulnerable!) Settings, which can manipulate not only a so-called "tuning" programme, but with inadequate action to withdraw its failure. Typically, these hidden parameters used by developers to debug their products, and not to plunge the curious users sacraments of their programmes, access to these settings carefully concealed.
This small volume article we will share secrets "thin" your Firefox, describe how falling into the "holy of holies" in the menu settings of the browser undocumented as to accelerate the loading of the programme and more. Here we go!
First, list some commands (please enter in your web browser), which will give enough background information, unavailable from the regular menu Firefox.
# about: - displays a certificate of release, the kernel and the number of assembly browser, as well as copyright information.
# about:cache, provides information on the cache (including disk) with a complete list of all files;
# about:buildconfig - brings up a list of options and arguments, used to compile your version of Firefox;
# about:plugins - tell the identification of additional modules in the browser;
# about:credits - poveduet of those actively involved in the development, debugging and testing Firefox;
# about:config is the most interesting team, representing some semblance of the registry regedit set of Windows. You can gain access to many hidden outside your browser.

Accelerating the launch of Firefox (for Windows XP)
To expedite the load browser seize properties Windows XP pre-caching frequently launched programs (prefetches). The cache data such programmes in the special directory-Prefetch. That requires clicking the right mouse button on the browser icon, go to Settings window properties label. Next, which established the path to the program must be at the end of this file /Prefetch:1. That is the path to Firefox, if you had installed on the C:, the following works : "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /Prefetch:1

Accelerating the opening of Firefox at decommissioning / deployment of the browser
Window by default, while minimizing their windows to the system tray, Firefox frees memory operating system, and with recourse to the screen, producing a second injection of data in memory. This, of course, would not distinguish themselves on powerful computers, but for weaker can be very noticeable. If your computer is not powerful, but it is "on board" enough RAM, you can make Firefox not unload themselves of the memory system. This run is known to us Editor preferences (about : config), creating a new binary parameter named config.trim_on_minimize and set it to "false". After the browser all changes back to their seats.

Limiting the amount of memory occupied by Firefox
Now share a secret, even the opposite of what the previous paragraph. For the care and control of appetite browser enough to do the following steps. Go to about:config, create new integer parameter browser.cache.memory.capacity and as a value point we need to limit the amount of memory in kilobytes, for example, 10000. Then restart your browser to apply changes.

Live disk cache Firefox elsewhere
In the Standard Preferences of browser you can not change the location of the directory for storing temporary Internet files. The redeployment of the data will have to do the following. Go to about:config, create a string parameter browser.cache.disk.parent_directory values which outlined a new path to the directory for storing temporary internet-kontent