Make Firefox launch faster
Firefox is my favorite web browser, but doesn't mean it's flawless. Just as an example: it usually takes ages to load, and things tend to get worse with any new themes, extensions and other plug-ins you add to it.
If you have the same problem as me, try Firefox Preloader. This small app sits on your system tray and preloads certain elements of Firefox, so that the browser takes an amazingly shorter time to open when you launch it, which you can do from the icon itself.
This icon also enables you to tweak the browser's Internet options and a few other basic settings. However, there's no way to customize which elements the program preloads in memory.
I guess you'll be already complaining about having yet another icon on your already crowded system tray. But believe me, it really does the trick.
I was also skeptical about it, especially on having a program constantly running in the background just to make Firefox launch faster. But Firefox Preloader hardly uses any system resources (less than 4000 K and 0% CPU, you won't notice it!
) and it's truly a shot of vitamins for your favorite browser.
User reviews about Firefox Preloader
by Anonymous
Re: Firefox Preloader......BIG DEAL.
THE PRELOADER HAS ALREADY INVOKED A CONNECTION AND CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.MEANING EVEN THOUGH NO PROGRAMS ARE BYPASSING YOUR FIREWALL FIREFOX IS STILL AN OPEN PORT AND SECURITY RISK.I MONITOR MY TCP/IP CONNECTION AND WHEN I HALT ALL THE INTERNET ACCESSABLE PROGRAMS THE CONNECTION CLOSES.SAY THAT I CLOSE WINWORD AFTER I CONNECTED IT FROM THE INTERNET......THE PROGRAM CLOSES AND THE CONNECTION STOPS......NOT SO WITH FIREFOX PRELOADER.....WHEN YOU END YOUR BROWSER SESSION BY BY CLOSING THE WEB PAGE........FIREFOX IS STILL CONNECTED.SO YOUR COMP IS EXPOSED TO COMPROMISE.SURE YOU CAN UNLOAD IT BUT RELOADING IT JUST SENDS IT TO THE TASK TRAY NOT TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET.I CAN LEAVE ALL MY INTERNET ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS IN THE TASK TRY AS A RUNNING PROCESS AND WHEN I CLICK THE ICON INSTANT CONNECTION........BUT WAIT THEY ALREADY HAVE INSTANT CONNECTION AND INSTANT CLOSE PORT CONNECTION WHEN I END IT.SO YEA NOT GOOD, BIG DEAL, SO WHAT........!
Pros:
EXTREMELY FAST ON MY COMPUTER.........ONLY BECAUSE THE PRELOADER IS ALL READY CONNECTED TO THE NET.
DO YOU GET IT?
IT'S JUST LIKE OPENING TWO INSTANCES OF FIREFOX WHERE THE SECOND INSTANCE WEB PAGE JUMPS UP ON SCREEN.
Cons:
BIG SECURITY RISK KEEPING AN OPEN CONNECTION ON WHERE YOU THINK ITS OK TO HIBERNATE, OR YOUR SCREEN SAVER RUNNING WHILE YOU'RE OCCUPIED ELSEWHERE,OR JUST DOING WORK ON YOUR DESKTOP.
I USE ZONE ALARM AND A HAVE EVERY INTERNET ACCESSIBLE PROGRAM TO ASK PERMISSION.
I STOP EVERY PROGRAM THAT ACTS AS A PROCESS RUNNING - THEY CAN BE STARTED MANUALY.
AND EVERY PROGRAM WHEN I'M THROUGH I'LL CLOSE IT THEN THE CONNECTION CLOSES.......BUT NOT SO WITH FIREFOX PRELOADER!
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by Anonymous
Good app.
when you have lots of add-ons then this is perfect.
@Suspicious.. you defo are suspicious. Try scanning the exe before installing and you will find it all good. More
by Anonymous
gr8.. .
awesome.. i have lots of addons, so my firefox took lot of time to load.. thanks to this it automatically loads it before and when i want to use , its jst seconds away...1 suggestion..
there is a EPIC browser that is made upon firefox only, its a lot better than firefox alone...so can the programmer do some changes to it and allow the epic browser to get pre loaded..???
thanku...u can message me @ email provided below,
thanku for publishing More
by Anonymous
Suspicious.
I didn't install it. It looks suspicious. It downloads to "WoLoSoftJuke". Who is "WoLoSoft"? What is "Juke"? Surely if it was really a Firefox Preloader, it would be called that, wouldn't it? And if it was so great, wouldn't Firefox themselves have it?
Pros:
None I've seen.
Cons:
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by Anonymous
Very Good!.
It sloved all sort of problem booting up the firefox, I was quite close to clean XP install.Fantanstic piece of worksShould be standard product for Firefox 3.6, wake up firefox, what wrong with you?, you putting your name in bad reps.
Pros:
Very Fast firefox, no need for chrome and slimbroswer. Cons:
Errmmmmm......can't find one! More