diff --git a/Fastfox.js b/Fastfox.js index 49f6af5..b677ec9 100644 --- a/Fastfox.js +++ b/Fastfox.js @@ -1,25 +1,39 @@ -// -/* Do not COPY+PASTE this file. If you do, only COPY+PASTE the user_pref itself. - * - * If you make changes to your about:config while the program is running, the - * changes will be overwritten when the application restarts. - * - * To make a change to preferences, you will have to edit the user.js file. - */ /**************************************************************************************** * Fastfox * * "Non ducor duco" * * priority: speedy browsing * - * version: 107a * + * version: 108 * * url: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox * ***************************************************************************************/ // PREF: initial paint delay -// How long FF will wait before rendering the page -// [1] https://kb.mozillazine.org/Nglayout.initialpaint.delay +// How long FF will wait before rendering the page, in milliseconds +// Reduce the 5ms Firefox waits to render the page +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1283302 +// [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BvCoZzk2_rNZx3u9ESPoFjSADRI0zIPeJRXFLwWXx_4/edit#heading=h.28ki6m8dg30z user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); // default=5; used to be 250 -user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay_in_oopif", 0); // default=5; used to be 250 +user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay_in_oopif", 0); // default=5 + +// PREF: notification interval (in microseconds) +// When Firefox is loading a page, it periodically reformats +// or "reflows" the page as it loads. The page displays new elements +// every 0.12 seconds by default. These redraws increase the total page load time. +// Lowering the interval will decrease the perceived page load time +// but increase the total loading time. +// The notification interval has a dramatic effect on how long it takes to +// initially display content for slow connections. The default value +// provides good incremental display of content without causing an increase +// in page load time. If this value is set below 1/10 of a second it starts +// to impact page load performance. +// [1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/c1180ea13e73eb985a49b15c0d90e977a1aa919c/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml#1824-1834 +user_pref("content.notify.interval", 360000); // (.36s), default=120000 (.12s) + //user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true); // DEFAULT + +// PREF: set the minimum interval between session save operations +// Increasing this can help on older machines and some websites, as well as reducing writes +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1304389 +//user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 30000); // [DEFAULT: 15000] // PREF: control how tabs are loaded when a session is restored // true=Tabs are not loaded until they are selected (default) @@ -35,11 +49,6 @@ user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay_in_oopif", 0); // default=5; used to be 2 // PREF: disable preSkeletonUI on startup user_pref("browser.startup.preXulSkeletonUI", false); -// PREF: set the minimum interval between session save operations -// Increasing this can help on older machines and some websites, as well as reducing writes -// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1304389 -//user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 30000); // [DEFAULT: 15000] - // PREF: OffscreenCanvas // [1] https://yashints.dev/blog/2019/05/11/offscreen-canvas // [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWvRA9E0DqU @@ -62,6 +71,14 @@ user_pref("browser.startup.preXulSkeletonUI", false); * SECTION: EXPERIMENTAL * ****************************************************************************/ +// PREF: WebGPU [HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL!] [NIGHTLY] +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1746245 +// [2] https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/wiki/Implementation-Status +// [3] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/04/experimental-webgpu-in-firefox/ +// [4] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/webgpu/ +//user_pref("dom.webgpu.enabled", true); + //user_pref("gfx.webgpu.force-enabled", true); + // PREF: about:home startup cache [NIGHTLY] // A cache for the initial about:home document that is loaded by default at startup // The purpose of the cache is to improve startup performance @@ -75,7 +92,7 @@ user_pref("layout.css.grid-template-masonry-value.enabled", true); // [2] https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/building-a-faster-web-experience-with-the-posttask-scheduler-276b83454e91 user_pref("dom.enable_web_task_scheduling", true); -// PREF: enable animation-composition [NIGHTLY] +// PREF: enable CSS Animation Composition [NIGHTLY] // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1785329 // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293490 // [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/animation-composition @@ -85,54 +102,25 @@ user_pref("layout.css.animation-composition.enabled", true); // [1] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-shadowrealm/blob/main/explainer.md#introduction //user_pref("javascript.options.experimental.shadow_realms", true); -// PREF: Wasm GC [NIGHTLY] +// PREF: Wasm GC + References [NIGHTLY] // [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/gc/blob/main/proposals/gc/Overview.md +// [2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/function-references/blob/master/proposals/function-references/Overview.md //user_pref("javascript.options.wasm_gc", true); - -// PREF: Wasm Function References [NIGHTLY] -// [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/function-references/blob/master/proposals/function-references/Overview.md //user_pref("javascript.options.wasm_function_references", true); -/**************************************************************************** - * SECTION: NETWORK * -****************************************************************************/ +// PREF: Array.fromAsync [NIGHTLY] +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1795452 +//user_pref("javascript.options.experimental.array_grouping", true); +//user_pref("javascript.options.experimental.enable_change_array_by_copy", true); -// PREF: faster SSL -user_pref("network.ssl_tokens_cache_capacity", 32768); // more TLS token caching (fast reconnects) - -// PREF: increase DNS cache -user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 20000); -user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 3600); -user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpirationGracePeriod", 240); - -// PREF: use bigger packets -// [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org/msg74561.html -// [2] https://www.mail-archive.com/support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org/msg74570.html -user_pref("network.buffer.cache.size", 262144); // preferred=327680; default=32768 -user_pref("network.buffer.cache.count", 128); // preferred=240; default=24 - -// PREF: DoH requests -//user_pref("network.trr.request_timeout_ms", 1500); // DEFAULT - //user_pref("network.trr.retry-timeout-ms", 125); // DEFAULT - -// These do not affect anything, probably: - -// PREF: close a connection if tls handshake does not finish in given number of seconds -//user_pref("network.http.tls-handshake-timeout", 3); // default=30 - -// PREF: timeout connections if an initial response is not received in number of seconds -//user_pref("network.http.response.timeout", 5); // default=300 - -// PREF: increase the absolute number of http connections -// [1] https://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-connections -// [2] https://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server -//user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 1800); // default=900 - //user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8); // default=6; download connections; anything above 10 is excessive +// PREF: not yet categorized / need documentation [NIGHTLY] +//user_pref("javascript.options.experimental.iterator_helpers", true); +//user_pref("javascript.options.experimental.weakrefs.expose_cleanupSome", true); /**************************************************************************** * SECTION: MAKE FIREFOX FAST * * [NOTE] The following is not recommended for low-end machines * - * Credit for most of these: * + * Credit for many of these: * * https://gist.github.com/RubenKelevra/fd66c2f856d703260ecdf0379c4f59db * * [NOTE] For best performance on older hardware, you will need to test * * these settings individually. * @@ -143,20 +131,25 @@ user_pref("network.buffer.cache.count", 128); // preferred=240; default=24 ****************************************************************************/ // PREF: Webrender tweaks -// [1] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/ -// [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/WebRender_Where -// [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/fo1jwz/make_firefox_faster/flhh5l2/ -// [4] https://www.troddit.com/r/firefox/comments/tbphok/is_setting_gfxwebrenderprecacheshaders_to_true/i0bxs2r/ +// [1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/6e6332bbd3dd6926acce3ce6d32664eab4f837e5/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml#6202-6219 +// [2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/ +// [3] https://www.troddit.com/r/firefox/comments/tbphok/is_setting_gfxwebrenderprecacheshaders_to_true/i0bxs2r/ +// [4] https://www.troddit.com/r/firefox/comments/z5auzi/comment/ixw65gb?context=3 user_pref("gfx.webrender.all", true); // enables WR (GPU) + additional features user_pref("gfx.webrender.precache-shaders", true); user_pref("gfx.webrender.compositor", true); //user_pref("gfx.webrender.compositor.force-enabled", true); // reinforce +user_pref("layers.gpu-process.enabled", true); + //user_pref("layers.gpu-process.force-enabled", true); // reinforce +user_pref("media.hardware-video-decoding.enabled", true); + //user_pref("media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled", true); // reinforce // PREF: if your hardware doesn't support Webrender, you can fallback to Webrender's software renderer // [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2020/12/14/how-to-find-out-if-webrender-is-enabled-in-firefox-and-how-to-enable-it-if-it-is-not/ //user_pref("gfx.webrender.enabled", true); //user_pref("gfx.webrender.software", true); // Webrender uses the CPU and not the GPU - //user_pref("gfx.webrender.software.opengl", true); [LINUX] + //user_pref("gfx.webrender.software.opengl", true); // [LINUX] + //user_pref("media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled", true); // [LINUX] // PREF: GPU-accelerated Canvas2D tweaks // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739448 @@ -169,48 +162,116 @@ user_pref("gfx.content.skia-font-cache-size", 80); user_pref("image.cache.size", 10485760); user_pref("image.mem.decode_bytes_at_a_time", 131072); // alt=65536; preferred=262144; chunk size for calls to the image decoders user_pref("image.mem.shared.unmap.min_expiration_ms", 120000); // default=60000; minimum timeout to unmap shared surfaces since they have been last used -user_pref("layers.gpu-process.enabled", true); - //user_pref("layers.gpu-process.force-enabled", true); // reinforce // PREF: increase media cache user_pref("media.memory_cache_max_size", 1048576); // alt=512000; also in Securefox (inactive there) user_pref("media.memory_caches_combined_limit_kb", 2560000); // preferred=3145728; // default=524288 //user_pref("media.memory_caches_combined_limit_pc_sysmem", 20); // default=5 -//user_pref("media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled", true); // [LINUX] -//user_pref("media.hardware-video-decoding.enabled", true); - //user_pref("media.hardware-video-decoding.force-enabled", true); // reinforce // PREF: decrease video buffering // [NOTE] Does not affect YouTube since it uses DASH playback [1] // [1] https://lifehacker.com/preload-entire-youtube-videos-by-disabling-dash-playbac-1186454034 -user_pref("media.cache_size", 2048000); // default=512000 +//user_pref("media.cache_size", 2048000); // default=512000 user_pref("media.cache_readahead_limit", 9000); // default=60; stop reading ahead when our buffered data is this many seconds ahead of the current playback user_pref("media.cache_resume_threshold", 6000); // default=30; when a network connection is suspended, don't resume it until the amount of buffered data falls below this threshold (in seconds) - -// PREF: faster upload speed -// Firefox currently has a bug with impacting upload speeds with HTTP3/QUIC + +// PREF: disable QUIC for faster upload speeds +// Firefox currently has a bug with impacting upload speeds with HTTP3 // [TEST] https://speedof.me/ // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1753486 // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1596576 //user_pref("network.http.http3.enable", false); // disables HTTP3/QUIC //user_pref("network.http.http2.chunk-size", 32000); // preferred=48000; default=16000 [needed?] +// PREF: disable AV1 for hardware decodeable videos +// AV1 uses software (CPU-based) decoding +// Firefox sometimes uses AV1 video decoding even to GPUs which do not support it +// [1] https://www.troddit.com/r/AV1/comments/s5xyph/youtube_av1_codec_have_worse_quality_than_old_vp9 +//user_pref("media.av1.enabled", false); + /**************************************************************************** * SECTION: BROWSER CACHE * ****************************************************************************/ -// PREF: re-enable disk cache (optional) +// PREF: disk cache // [EXTENSION] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cache-longer/ -//user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", true); // SecureFox override +//user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", true); // overrides Securefox //user_pref("browser.cache.disk.max_entry_size", 51200); // DEFAULT //user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false); // disable adaptive cache size on disk //user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 8192000); // 8 GB cache on disk //user_pref("browser.cache.max_shutdown_io_lag", 16); // number of seconds the cache spends writing pending data and closing files after shutdown has been signalled //user_pref("browser.cache.frecency_half_life_hours", 128); // lower cache sweep intervals, the half life used to re-compute cache entries frecency (in hours) -// disable clearing cache on shutdown: -//user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", false); -// PREF: increase memory cache size (recommended) +// PREF: increase memory cache size // [1] https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-much-data-does-youtube-use/ -//user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 5242880); // default=-1; 256000=256MB, 512000=512MB, 1024000=1GB, 2097152=2GB, 5242880=5GB, 8388608=8GB +//user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", -1); // enforce DEFAULT; 256000=256MB, 512000=512MB, 1024000=1GB, 2097152=2GB, 5242880=5GB, 8388608=8GB user_pref("browser.cache.memory.max_entry_size", 153600); // alt=51200; preferred=327680 ; -1 -> entries bigger than than 90% of the mem-cache are never cached + +/**************************************************************************** + * SECTION: NETWORK * +****************************************************************************/ + +// PREF: use bigger packets +// [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org/msg74561.html +// [2] https://www.mail-archive.com/support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org/msg74570.html +user_pref("network.buffer.cache.size", 262144); // preferred=327680; default=32768 +user_pref("network.buffer.cache.count", 128); // preferred=240; default=24 + +// PREF: increase the absolute number of HTTP connections +// [1] https://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-connections +// [2] https://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server +//user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 1800); // default=900 +//user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 9); // default=6; download connections; anything above 10 is excessive +//user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 48); // default=32 +//user_pref("network.http.max-urgent-start-excessive-connections-per-host", 6); // default=3 +//user_pref("network.http.pacing.requests.min-parallelism", 18); // default=6 + +// PREF: increase DNS cache +user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 20000); +user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 3600); // keep entries for 1 hour +user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpirationGracePeriod", 240); + +// PREF: increase TLS token caching +user_pref("network.ssl_tokens_cache_capacity", 32768); // default=2048; faster SSL (fast reconnects) + +// These do not help speed: +// PREF: DoH requests +//user_pref("network.trr.request_timeout_ms", 800); // default=1500 + //user_pref("network.trr.retry-timeout-ms", 125); // DEFAULT +//user_pref("network.trr.request_timeout_mode_trronly_ms", 15000); // default=30000 +// PREF: close a connection if tls handshake does not finish in given number of seconds +//user_pref("network.http.tls-handshake-timeout", 20); // default=30 +// PREF: timeout connections if an initial response is not received in number of seconds +//user_pref("network.http.response.timeout", 200); // default=300 + +/**************************************************************************** + * SECTION: SPECULATIVE CONNECTIONS * +****************************************************************************/ + +// [NOTE] FF85+ partitions (isolates) pooled connections, prefetch connections, +// pre-connect connections, speculative connections, TLS session identifiers, +// and other connections. We can take advantage of the speed of pre-connections +// while preserving privacy. Users may relax hardening to maximize their preference. +// For more information, see SecureFox: "PREF: State Paritioning" and "PREF: Network Partitioning" [1] +// [1] https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/e9621b0062914da5fdb5f83b8da64041965b7a50/Securefox.js#L74-L108 +// [NOTE] To activate and increase network predictions, go to settings in uBlock Origin, and make this setting is DISABLED: +// - "Disable pre-fetching (to prevent any connection for blocked network requests)" +// [NOTE] Add prefs to "MY OVERRIDES" section and uncomment to enable them in your user.js. + +// PREF: increase network predictions +//user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 18); // default=6; overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", false); // overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", false); +//user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", true); // overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("browser.places.speculativeConnect.enabled", true); // overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("network.prefetch-next", true); // overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", true); // overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", true); // overrides SecureFox +//user_pref("network.predictor.enable-hover-on-ssl", true); + //user_pref("network.predictor.preresolve-min-confidence", 10); // default=60; alt=40 + //user_pref("network.predictor.preconnect-min-confidence", 20); // default=90; alt=70 + //user_pref("network.predictor.prefetch-min-confidence", 30); // default=100; alt=80 + //user_pref("network.predictor.prefetch-force-valid-for", 3600); // default=10 + //user_pref("network.predictor.prefetch-rolling-load-count", 120); // default=10 + //user_pref("network.predictor.max-resources-per-entry", 250); // default=100 + //user_pref("network.predictor.max-uri-length", 1000); // default=500