// /* 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. */ /**************************************************************************** * FasterFox * * "Non ducor duco." * * priority: speedy browsing * * version: September 2022 * * url: https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox * ***************************************************************************/ /**************************************************************************** * * * [NOTE] For best performance on older hardware, you will need to test * * these settings individually, especially Webrender. * * * ****************************************************************************/ // PREF: force enable all Webrender prefs // DISABLING WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED SOON | https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/__ZtiiEn0u0/m/fbTlD-I4AAAJ?pli=1 // [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/ // user_pref("gfx.webrender.all", true); // PREF: if your hardware doesn't support Webrender, you can fallback to Webrender's software renderer // [NOTE] Both preferences need to be "true" if you're using the software renderer. // DISABLING WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED SOON | https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/__ZtiiEn0u0/m/fbTlD-I4AAAJ?pli=1 // [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.software", true); // PREF: Lazy Image Loading // https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02/15/firefox-75-gets-lazy-loading-support-for-images/ user_pref("dom.image-lazy-loading.enabled", true); // default // PREF: control how tabs are loaded when a session is restored. // true=Tabs are not loaded until they are selected (default) // false=Tabs begin to load immediately. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand", true); // default // user_pref("browser.sessionstore.restore_pinned_tabs_on_demand", true); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.restore_tabs_lazily", true); // default // PREF: disable preSkeletonUI on startup // May set to "true" if your hardware is very old. // user_pref("browser.startup.preXulSkeletonUI", false); // PREF: JPEG XL image format user_pref("image.jxl.enabled", true); // PREF: about:home startup cache // 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. // user_pref("browser.startup.homepage.abouthome_cache.enabled", true); // PREF: CSS Masonry Layout user_pref("layout.css.grid-template-masonry-value.enabled", true); // PREF: Prioritized Task Scheduling API // [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/performance/2022/06/02/prioritized-task-scheduling-api-is-prototyped-in-nightly/ // [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: OffscreenCanvas // [1] https://yashints.dev/blog/2019/05/11/offscreen-canvas // [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWvRA9E0DqU // [3] https://developer.chrome.com/blog/offscreen-canvas/ // [4] https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/kp9SZL-0wW0 user_pref("gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled", true); // PREF: CSS Font Loading API in workers // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072107 user_pref("layout.css.font-loading-api.workers.enabled", true); // PREF: Enable animation-composition // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1785329 // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293490 user_pref("layout.css.animation-composition.enabled", true); // PREF: Wasm GC // [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/gc/blob/main/proposals/gc/Overview.md // user_pref("javascript.options.wasm_gc", true); // PREF: Wasm Function References // [1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/function-references/blob/master/proposals/function-references/Overview.md // user_pref("javascript.options.wasm_function_references", true); // PREF: Shadowrealms // [1] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-shadowrealm/blob/main/explainer.md // user_pref("javascript.options.experimental.shadow_realms", true);