Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Satansgeek reviewed v1.2.0 on Jun 24, 2008

Given that the prog heavily prompts for a backup to be taken and includes a restore facility the last, negative, review claiming all settings to bhe lost due to Firetune seems to be rather obvious junk...to put it kindly.

Firetune works well and is well thought through...it's also entirely safe if you do the backup it so heavily prompts you to do and makes it so easy for you to do...all it takes is one click. I've used it for some time and never found a need to restore from backup to fix a Firetune caused issue.

mjm01010101 reviewed v1.2.0 on Jun 24, 2008

Wow. I don't what is up, but this completely wiped all my settings, bookmarks, everything! Thankfully restoring the backup worked perfectly, hence the notch up.

Looks like it needs some work....

Jammerdelray reviewed v1.1.4 on Jun 2, 2007

Apparently you know very little about Firefox 2.0.0.4. To make such a blind statement. Millions are not wrong. Safe, Updated frequently so it's secure, extensions so you can customize it to your liking, not bloated and it goes on and on and not to mention the Mcafee Siteadvisor extension *Siteadvisor.oom).

IE 7 is also based on Firefox for its security.

Firefox is a top of the line browser along with Opera 9.2.

Nikkie reviewed v1.1.3 on Nov 13, 2006

Well, On slower systems this does a great job at speeding things up.On faster systems, It tweaks it a bit but it won't be needed unless you download loads of extensions..

The program is good for firefox (program with extensions).Browsers like opera won't need such a thing due to it not having extensions.If you don't download extensions with firefox and leave it as is from when you installed it,You won't need this really either.It will run fine...

Otherwise, For someone like me who uses loads of extensions... i can tell the difference ..

p.s trolls are bad..

Metshrine reviewed v1.1.3 on Oct 24, 2006

5/5 for doing what it claims and doing it well.

Again, I will reiterate as crosscut below me did, that if mozilla took the time to optimize its code, apps like this wouldnt be necessary and firefox would be a lot better, imho anyways.

Now, go ahead and flame away sophist, do what you do best.

crosscut reviewed v1.1.3 on Oct 24, 2006

As flaming is what you seem to do best. I agree with Metshrine. While firefox is an ok browser, not the best, but ok, it is plaqued with unoptimized code that leads to high resource usage and slowdown.

Firetune is good, it does its job, it does it well, however, I think that the need for applications of this sort would be eliminated if they simply optimized the code in firefox and fixed some of the LONG STANDING bugs that have existed for years (since .1).

So sophist, how about you take the time to NOT flame others in your "reviews" as I've seen you do in almost every other one of your posts or "review" on this site (since you want to point fingers here).

zapatero reviewed v1.1.2 on Oct 11, 2006

Not necessary according to my experience. FF 1.5 works well, FF 2.0 better still.

Metshrine reviewed v1.1.2 on Oct 11, 2006

Again, a browser that requires a tweaker to be able to run at any sort of decent speed isnt a good browser in my opinion.

5/5 for an app that does what it says, but shouldnt be required.

sophist: you call me a troll yet I at least rate the app a 5 for doing what it claims to do? You rate it a 1 because you "dont need it" even thou you dont rate its functionality. Wow, hypocritical

By the way, why dont you try not flaming against others in your reviews and focus on the app at hand ;-) That is the point of a review, not to bad mouth others. So again, dont be hypocritical if you want to call someone a troll.

buzzyboop reviewed v1.1.2 on Oct 11, 2006

I will wait for Fasterfox to make itself compatible with Firefox 2.0. Although I must say 2.0 loads pages much faster than predecessors without optimization programs like I needed with previous versions.

I did not like FireTune previously. I do not expect it to be better now.

Zoroaster reviewed v1.1.2 on Aug 7, 2006

@Metshrine, Firetune tunes (it does!) mainly on a per-system basis.
Otherwise, everything which is proposed by Firetune may be done "manually" by editing either the options, either the about:config data, either the user.js file. For beginners it's handy, that's all.

Metshrine reviewed v1.1.2 on Aug 7, 2006

So, you're telling me, that in order to get firefox to use even slightly lesser ram than its already bloated core uses, and to get it to respond 1/4 a second faster, I have to use a 3rd party program? Why not just have mozilla fix it?

pffft, waste of time if you ask me. Any browser that requires a TUNING or SPEED UP program, obviously isnt worth my time.

kbsoftware reviewed v1.1.2 on Aug 7, 2006

Nice app, worked flawlessly on my firefox.

I don't want Opera :)

FasterFox is a nice extension but it does currently have some issues with the latest Firefox v1.5.0.6, but I'm sure an update will fix that soon.

Mark Gillespie reviewed v1.1.2 on Aug 7, 2006

If you want a fast browser, just get Opera, is still 3x faster than Firefox, even after naff apps like this mess around with internal settings.

Did nobody ever wonder why Mozilla didn't enable these options by default? Because it kills servers, that's why...

tommie reviewed v1.1.2 on Aug 6, 2006

Use Fasterfox:

http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

It's a small extension, includes a page load timer, prefetching... bunch of other stuff, check it out.

Metshrine reviewed v1.1.1 on Jun 13, 2006

Any browser that requires a seperate piece of software to make it function at a reasonable speed is not a well written browser in my eyes.

5/5 for doing what should have been done in firefox from the start.

smash2006 reviewed v1.1.1 on May 5, 2006

Firetune is a excellent program, speeds up browsing! It would be even better if they didn't include SPYWARE with the installer program! Check out your x:/Windows directory for iun6002.exe program... "iun6002.exe is considered to be a security risk, not only because spyware removal programs flag desktop surveillance personal spyware as spyware, but also because a number of users have complained about its performance." - http://www.auditmypc.com/process/iun6002.asp

Please not that the spyware is only included with the installer program and not with this download.

henrypeck reviewed v1.1.1 on Apr 11, 2006

It does what it says.

cip2kro reviewed v1.1.0 on Feb 11, 2006

Fasterfox blocks my internet on Firefox. Simply pages don't load anymore. And yes i tested and i'm sure. This tweak works well.

horsecharles reviewed v1.1.0 on Jan 21, 2006

I do like FasterFox, but this extension will do for lots of folks, since:

1. FasterFox not compatible with DeerPark, won't install unless you hack version reported.

2. This has a couple extras like autocomplete(yeah, that can be accomplished w/o this-- but so can all changes made by both extensions in about:config and/or registry), etc. which means one could use both extensions for different purposes each... for those on FF 1.5 that is.

Contrary to stated specs, this WILL work on win9x, and as well on DeerPark.

And, it does not deserve 2/3 ratings-- those who know enough to want to smear it thusly, should be performing their own manual tweaks,,,they will then bloat their browser less & thus keep it speedier-- the main intent of these extensions in the first place! Focus kids, stay focused!!!

ModderXManiac reviewed v1.1.0 on Jan 18, 2006

Prefetching, blah.

I use Fasterfox because it actually works, this does miniscule tweaks. The difference is actual notable on Fasterfox. And given Fasterfox is an extention, it'll work on more than just the Winblows version of FF.

Note I didn't give a rating of 1, as I showed mercy to the author.

precurgent reviewed v1.1.0 on Jan 18, 2006

The /prefetch gimmick was a placebo, for crying out loud. Windows builds and maintains the .PF file accordingly, and using /prefetch with Firefox is absolutely useless. You don't need to (pretend to) maintain separate .PF files--it just doesn't work that way.

imanino reviewed v1.0.9 on Dec 26, 2005

For Firefox, I find these "optimizer" programs to be of limited utility. The greatest speed increases I have seen have been in the coding of the browser itself. Firetune is certainly easy to use and install and has some useful tweaks. That being said, in benchmarking, I haven't seen anything overwhelming. I'm also glad they stopped teasing us with the prefetch as well. Prefetching in general can either speed things up a little or slow things down a ton and so the idea that prefetch=speed is a misunderstanding of the way prefetching works in Windows XP as a whole. Sometimes if you want to get your computer going when it's sluggish the first thing you need to do is clean the pre-fetching folder. Performance adds are almost program to program, case by case, configuration by configuration dependent.

dejavu reviewed v1.0.9 on Dec 14, 2005

Fasterfox didn't work well with my firefox. This program never bother me!

mjm01010101 reviewed v1.0.9 on Dec 13, 2005

You are wrong, the prefetch was a placebo. Good that they removed this.

Kramy reviewed v1.0.9 on Dec 13, 2005

>> Nice to see they got rid of the placebo /prefetch option.

/prefetch isn't a placebo. By writing to a different file, it then learns to prefetch data for your fully configured FF, rather than the default installed one(and then updating that)...

But yeah...for the 0.20s it saves you AFTER the first few times it's slower...not really worth it. :P

I've never had this mess up my FF profile. Fasterfox though...that wipes out half your settings!

I recommend this and about:config for firefox tweaking!

The MAZZTer reviewed v1.0.9 on Dec 13, 2005

Nice to see they got rid of the placebo /prefetch option.

However, one thing I noticed that could use tweaking. The program says I need to close Firefox before it can apply tweaks, but it does not enforce this! (It could be as easy as a FindWindow call.)

This program doesn't really have many options. I recommend FasterFox for Firefox tweaking, as it gives you more options and more control over it's tweaks. And it's confident enough in it's programming not to repeatedly let you know it might screw up your profile.

rafaelcage reviewed v1.0.9 on Dec 13, 2005

Automatic tuning for our love... FIREFOX!!! :-)

stopbuggingme reviewed v1.0.8 on Dec 9, 2005

Yeah it does, but your the fool judging it on that one part.

It includes other tweaks that the Firefox developers told us actually do make a difference if set correctly. These tweaks have been around a long time, but you had to set them through about:config. This tool provides a nice interface with some good values for the settings based on connection and PC speed.

Nikkie reviewed v1.0.8 on Nov 18, 2005

Thank You

sn0wflake reviewed v1.0.8 on Oct 29, 2005

Not too bad but I definately prefer Fasterfox because:

1) It integrates well being an XPI.
2) Once installed it's easy to update.
3) Very small filesize.
4) Tons of options if you like tweaking.
5) As a bonus it displays the pageload time.

azimov reviewed v1.0.8 on Oct 28, 2005

there is an extension that does a similar function

http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

Otherwise this app isn't too bad.

Kramy reviewed v1.0.8 on Oct 28, 2005

Wow, it supports Win9x now!

Works great on 2k/XP, as always.

eviljolly reviewed v1.0.8 on Oct 28, 2005

Not bad at all. As other people have mentioned it would be better as an extension, but then it wouldn't work with new releases. Fasterfox rules though, I would recommend it to anyone.

styxrtp reviewed v1.0.8 on Oct 28, 2005

Granted, Fasterfox is well and good for the Beta 2 release of FF 1.5, however, Fasterfox will not work for the RC of FF released just a couple of days ago, so until Fasterfox gets an update, I'm sticking with this.

forgie reviewed v1.0.8 on Oct 28, 2005

would prefer this as a FF extension. give fasterfox some competition.

ye110mann reviewed v1.0.7 on Oct 28, 2005

No need for this anymore now that there's a FasterFox extension.

christoofar reviewed v1.0.7 on Sep 29, 2005

Excellent, easy to use FF tweaker. So happy they dealt with that annoying Auto-Complete!

NyaR reviewed v1.0.7 on Sep 29, 2005

Does everything you can do with five minutes of research, notepad, and ctrl+c/ctrl+v

xrayspex reviewed v1.0.7 on Sep 29, 2005

Does anyone know if this will work ok with FF 1.5 beta?
Past use of this with official FF builds has been great.

ModderXManiac reviewed v1.0.7 on Sep 29, 2005

This saves me alot of time, given my dialup connection, making Firefox my fastest browser.

Before assuming things, run the benchmark on their site, it WILL get faster, I guarantee it.

mjm01010101 reviewed v1.0.7 on Sep 29, 2005

The prefetch switch has nil of a difference on program load. Otherwise, this program does contain some specific optimizations for FF that may improve performance.

ShellShock reviewed v1.0.6 on Aug 19, 2005

"...as it turns out, WMP only uses this option to speed up caching of streams or something, and it has nothing to do with XP."

You're an idiot; Check %windir%\prefetch - it contains prefetch information to commonly used executables; prefetching improves performance related to the loading of visual styles and themes, thus decreasing (if only marginally) the load time of these programs.

The MAZZTer reviewed v1.0.6 on Aug 18, 2005

[Edit: Carp, I didn't realize writing a new review deleted the old one. This post is a reply to the one above.]

You will then notice that the prefetch folder contains files that relate to programs YOU HAVE NOT LAUNCHED WITH /prefetch:1, showing immediately that this isn't the cause of programs being cached there.

Also, I fail to see how your personal attack on my intelligence invalidates my argument.

After some RESEARCH (which I recommend you try as well as it is a very good way to build an argument) I found that the OS does indeed look at /prefetch, but it DOES NOT use it to cache a program into \prefetch\, but to change the way windows already prefetches for SPECIAL apps. Currently only WMP is able to take advantage of the /prefetch switch.

Here are some articles you need to read:
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000621.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/ry.../2005/05/25/421882.aspx
http://mywebpages.comcas.../SupportCD/XPMyths.html

And these are only from the first page of google results.

mjm01010101 reviewed v1.0.6 on Aug 18, 2005

Nice app. I like the interface, features, backup, and tweaks, which for FF usually require some hunting and pecking.

unikum reviewed v1.0.5 on Jul 28, 2005

One big bad bug...
mouse3 should open links in new tab only but it opens in both a new tab and in current.

horsecharles reviewed v1.0.5 on Jul 11, 2005

I would like to endorse the comments of sophist_dreams May 12, 2005 Version: 1.0.3 , particularly:
"...if you like to add and remove extensions and themes (or even if you have added several) like I do to see what they do, using this program helps clean up and compact your profile and etc, makes the whole thing run faster."

i had already applied various speeed tweaks re network, browsing, rendering... so i didn't really need this app-- only resons i considered it: seemed to contain other tweaks not related to speed, & the sophist endorsement.
Let me tell you, that without removing any extensions, various errors, crashes, slowdowns disappeared-- i believe thery're traceable to some conflict between extensions, so this app has saved me enormous time.
I would request though, for documentation in the style of say, CableNut: what exactly are the numbers/changes/edits being applied with each setting...if this is to appeal to tweakers, the numbers/edits next to each setting name are necessary-- even better, a way for us to further adjust each number... w/o having to compare each profile, open a help file, or having to search in a forum to divine these 'secrets'...

ZenWarrior reviewed v1.0.5 on Jun 29, 2005

I have no idea why, but twice now FireTune has killed my Firefox installations. Before running FireTune, Firefox worked; after Firetune, Firefox does nothing but crash. (But then, even crashes might be better than having to use Firefox's about:config for even minor changes.)

xrayspex reviewed v1.0.5 on Jun 23, 2005

FireTune works great. Easy way to optimize FF without messing with config manually.

xrayspex reviewed v1.0.3 on May 12, 2005

Fine Tune 1.0.3 works great

computershack reviewed v1.0.2 on Apr 28, 2005

"Not a bash, just a question--if Firefox is supposed to be easier and "simplified" verses IE, why does it need to be optimised?"

Because bourgeoisdude, you can tweak it to get the best out of a system. IE works the same whether you're on DSL or dialup, on a 486 or a Athlon FX55, on 64MB RAM or 2GB. For example, IE only makes two connections to a server, FF makes as many as you decide thus making it able to transfer stuff quicker.

iamtux reviewed v1.0.2 on Apr 28, 2005

tweaking firefox made simple! great program!
i've been using it for several releases now, love it! haven't had a problem with it yet!

bourgeoisdude reviewed v1.0.2 on Apr 28, 2005

"Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user."

Not a bash, just a question--if Firefox is supposed to be easier and "simplified" verses IE, why does it need to be optimised? Why not disable ActiveX and use IE? Not much configuring there. Yes I tried it but I'm a power user and prefer to tweak things manually.

ranasrule reviewed v1.0.1 on Apr 17, 2005

not bad

phoenix_ex reviewed v1.01 on Apr 17, 2005

Oh that great Tweak Program
Make it easy and don't mess with me
It WORK!!!

Bh420 reviewed v1.01 on Apr 16, 2005

@ anti00Zero - blah blah blah why bother doing it manually when this thing does it all and its runs faster and ya dont have to mess with anything.

This program really does work.

TomRC reviewed v1.01 on Apr 16, 2005

Automatic tunning is much easier!

This one is very good for newbies or people
who dont want to care about the inner life of
firefox and who just want to work with it.

Espacially the easy enabling of displaying the error page instead of the a dialog is very nice.

DiGiTaLFX reviewed v1.0 on Apr 7, 2005

wow! version 1. luv it!

war593122 reviewed v1.0 on Apr 6, 2005

Not working here. Getting this error when running:

Runtime error 183 at 00002C22

Downloaded a few times to make sure. :(

Ramhound reviewed v1.0 on Apr 6, 2005

I love this program, does what it says it will do and more.

capandjudy reviewed v1.0 on Apr 6, 2005

Truthfully, I can't tell any difference in Firefox performance on "fast computer, fast connection", or with the "faststart" enabled. On the other hand, FireTune does not seem to do any harm.

Brian5197 reviewed v1.0 on Apr 6, 2005

Much better! Its quicker launch time is very noticeable!

ogman reviewed v0.7 on Apr 2, 2005

Excellent! Just the better startup time is worth the download.

complexity reviewed v0.7 on Apr 2, 2005

I've used it to tweak newer computers. Works great. But tried it on some really old computers, helped a lil. But some computers dont even deserve to be started up. I guess..
Really nice program!

phaedrusone reviewed v0.6 on Mar 29, 2005

omfg .... one thing doesnt change when u upgrade to bbroadband.. pageload times... but this little app making me feel like im finally on broadband...

pjlasl reviewed v0.6 on Mar 29, 2005

Finally can give it a 5. The previous versions didn't do anything, and even messed up my extensions, especially adblock.
This version actual sped up firefox and didn't blow up adblock! Great Job!

Scary Guy reviewed v0.6 on Mar 28, 2005

Still using it, less happy than I was with the previous versions because it is no longer color complaint. Black text on my black theme doesn't make for very good reading.

geowolf reviewed v0.6 on Mar 27, 2005

does exactly what it says. i've used this to tweak dozens of computers in a library, worked fine on every one.

dejavu reviewed v0.6 on Mar 27, 2005

It Works for me. Excellent FREE software!!

Ramhound reviewed v0.6 on Mar 27, 2005

Johnoost

I don't work for the company, yet I think this program does exactly what it says.

If you don't like the product don't use it, its not like you paid money for it.

Don't spread lies about people giving the program good reviews, thats just wrong, plus you can't prove it.

randman reviewed v0.6 on Mar 27, 2005

It works great for me. It hasn't messed with my extensions (including AdBlock) at all. And I DON'T work for Mozilla! A great program that really speeds up Firefox!

Ainvar reviewed v0.6 on Mar 26, 2005

I dont work the company, I have used it and it works. Boohoo if it messes with your adblock settings make a backup of them like I do. It is still a work in progress that is why the site is names BETAnews, not Release into final production news. They're some bugs that still needs to be worked out and I am sure they are working on that. f you dont like something it does post a bug report instead of moaning and complaining about it. Be proactive, become part of the solution and quit being part of the problem. If you think you can do better than make your own product that does this......

Hey guys keep up the good work and cant wait to see what you do next.

Johnoost reviewed v0.6 on Mar 26, 2005

This version still deletes your adblock and other extention settings. It's just a piece of cra*. Don't download and edit your about:config settings yourself. Totally unstable software. Keep away!

Gold reviews are done by the software"company" themselves.

@Ainvar: i submitten bugreports several times but never got a reply.

offmdan reviewed v0.6 on Mar 26, 2005

I don't work for this outfit either!
Besides, this is a freeware. There's not much commercial advantage in bragging about this is there?
If you can find a better one and free that can do better please point it out.
I've been using Mozilla and Firefox for the last 7 years and none have equalled this piece of freeware. Adblock works just fine here. Perhaps you have other software giving it conflicts.

superkicky reviewed v0.6 on Mar 26, 2005

adblock works fine with this.

i'd rather use this than hack into about:config or any of my files, because it's 1) EASIER and 2) SAFER. sorry if i'm not nerdy enough to h4x my files. and yes, it does do what it's advertised. i've seen a noticeable increase in speed after using it.

JeRrYFaR reviewed v0.5 on Mar 25, 2005

I think it's pretty good.. haven't tried this version yet 0.5, but 0.4 did what it advertised it would do...

One thing I noticed was the following:

I set my cache to 1k and cookies to ask everytime, but when I used it, it tweaked it back to defaults. Seemed to only do it on 1.02 of Firefox though.

Just a heads-up.

Kr0m reviewed v0.5 on Mar 23, 2005

This software worked like it said it would.

guevara reviewed v0.5 on Mar 23, 2005

agree--very simple and does what it says
get this right now

Ramhound reviewed v0.5 on Mar 23, 2005

I like this program its simple and does what it says.

jpmccord reviewed v0.5 on Mar 23, 2005

GREAT for novice users who don't tweak their own settings manually. VERY DISAGREEABLE (that's me being nice) for users who do tweak their own settings manually. In other words, if you consider yourself a "power user" and you like regularly install Firefox extensions and investigate program settings, preferences, and configurations, you do NOT need this. But less involved users will find this more useful. (Just my thoughts. I could be wrong about some of you!)

gawd21 reviewed v0.5 on Mar 23, 2005

Does what it says it will. As for the Adblock 90% of your ads can be blocked with these two filters ads.* ad.* not counting what you might find at a pornsite but Yahoo is a little different. I don't know what woudl stop the porn sites that I am sure you go to.

Johnoost reviewed v0.5 on Mar 23, 2005

Doesnt improve anything u can't do with 1 line in the config.

This version still destroys your adblock settings. Stay away from this and edit the setting manually. This is a crap release.

DiGiTaLFX reviewed v0.4 on Mar 22, 2005

Works amazingly! Period.

eyv reviewed v0.4 on Mar 21, 2005

Johnoost is quite right. Does not work, and even if it did, does not do anything that manually changing 6 or so settings would not do. Also, manually changing settings does not screw up your existing profile.

[deXter] reviewed v0.4 on Mar 21, 2005

It works. Period.

Johnoost reviewed v0.4 on Mar 21, 2005

Doesnt work and screws your extention settings. Erases all adblock settings. Get network tweak extention and leave this trash alone.

rburly reviewed v0.4 on Mar 21, 2005

I used this when 0.2 came out & it helped immediately. Version 0.3 as well. I saw comments about needing to back up, but that's an option with the software, and it even gives "you" a warning about the backup (takes 1-2 secs.) before optimizing.

I've not had the problems other people describe at all. I haven't lost anything...I've just benefited from the optimization! Highly recommended.

karlo reviewed v0.3 on Mar 19, 2005

This tweak is much more reliable and stable and really effective in all connections. even dialup ones. http://www.trap17.com/fo...ox-4x-Faster-t8402.html

tp reviewed v0.3 on Mar 18, 2005

i like it.. no negatives with my setup/extensions and noticeably improved speed. i have gone in and tweaked the settings manually before but this saves some time..

oofki reviewed v0.3 on Mar 18, 2005

It worked very nicely. EASIEST PROGRAM IN THE WORLD TO USE. It really does what it sais, makes it real simple to tweak firefox.

Scary Guy reviewed v0.3 on Mar 18, 2005

I'm pretty happy with it, does exactly what it says. I've noticed at least a 50% increase in speed (it was already fairly quick to begin with).

I wouldn't mind seeing more options as to what it does when you optomize it though. Also the ability to create multiple backups.

ckjnigel reviewed v0.3 on Mar 18, 2005

If you only need pipelining -- which I doubt to have security consequences and which incontestably speeds surfing -- simply get the Tweak Network Setting extension at http://www.bitstorm.org/extensions/ .
But, this prog even uninstalled the theme...
DO NOT USE THIS !!!!

rijp reviewed v0.3 on Mar 18, 2005

Mark, while I agree with the summary, the details are lacking. Pipelining does NOT affect the server. That's like saying increasing html threads on IE will bring the server to its knees, its not 3 or 5 or 10 separate browsers or IP addresses, its still 1 connection to the server, all it does is allow each picture or link to load simulataneous instead of waiting for each of them to finish. There is still a limited bandwidth PER computer, not browser. I could open 10 Firefox browsers, all with pipelining, I am still only able to download at 150/k s or whatever. 1 pipeline in 1 browser, or 10 pipelines on 10 browsers ALL share the SAME bandwidth, dude get your facts straight.

clifton reviewed v0.3 on Mar 18, 2005

This is a great program. This is much easier for the average user. Firefox is very slow until you make tweaks in the about:config. And it's easier to point people to this program rather then explain the configuration.

Mark Gillespie reviewed v0.2 on Mar 18, 2005

Enabled options like pipelining that are intentionally disabled, as they can bring web servers to their knees.

While it may speed up YOUR firefox browsing experience, it's also creating potentiall DoS attacks on web servers.

Avoid this, and all other Firefox tweakers for this reason...

ckjnigel reviewed v0.2 on Mar 18, 2005

Delete thos -- dangerous! You'll have to go back through all your browser options including items there's no justification for it having touched. Why did it clear the proxy setting???
All adblock filters were cleared, all Tab Browser Extension settings, my ForecastFox settings.
What sort of pea brain coded this POS?

OutlandishTrendz reviewed v0.2 on Mar 17, 2005

I use Flexbeta Firetweaker. Works great for me and never had any problems yet.

http://fileforum.betanew...Tweaker_XP/1090104384/1

Your Huckleberry reviewed v0.2 on Mar 17, 2005

True, it does load some pages a little faster, but it disables some of my firefox extensions and it seems like the browser's menus laggs a little. It needs more work.

Chikushou reviewed v0.2 on Mar 17, 2005

Seems to do what it claims to do. I'd like to see exactly what it's doing, though. Curiosity and all.

tom3311 reviewed v0.2 on Mar 17, 2005

Ran the program...did a config backup...and optimized Firefox to "fast pc/fast internet" and did notice a marked speed improvement. Simple, but does a good job at what it says it will do! Tom L

forgie reviewed v0.2 on Mar 17, 2005

Good concept and seems to work, but it'd be nice to be able to select which tweaks to apply and which not to.

dougau reviewed v0.2 on Mar 17, 2005

This actually seems to work as advertised, there is a option for backing up your original configuration incase something doesn’t work out and the included readme file has a list of changes the program will make to your Firefox configuration over all Firefox seemed more snappy and faster after running this tool.