Comments on: Speed Up Firefox by Cleaning Out Your Downloads

By: james

james — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:35:58 +0000

I like to keep the list of files I’ve downloaded handy for logging purposes. So on my XP machine with FF 1.5 I copy the %appdata%\mozilla\firefox\profiles\ffpgiv4b.default\downloads.rdf
file to another location just in case I would like to see my downloads later.

By: redemption in a blog - Firefox Recommendation #1: Clearing download history automatically

Sat, 05 May 2007 10:02:45 +0000

[...] Today’s recommendation: get Firefox to clear the list of downloaded items in the download manager to keep your Firefox speedy. You’ve probably read about how cleaning up your download history can help speed up Firefox (on Of Zen and Computing or on Mac OS X Hints), but do you really want to remember to clear up your download history manually? [...]

By: sure

sure — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:01:49 +0000

ctrl + j

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:58:47 +0000

Firefox 2 has the option to remember/not remember the download history, so if you recommend “cleaning it” why not just disable it altogether?

Tools > Options > Privacy > Remember What I’ve downloaded

By: Firefox Tip: Clear your file download history « carljames.org

Firefox Tip: Clear your file download history « carljames.org — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:33:03 +0000

[...] + Speed Up Firefox by Cleaning Out Your Downloads [Of Zen and Computing] [...]

By: El Geek » Tip para Firefox: Limpiar el historial de descargas

El Geek » Tip para Firefox: Limpiar el historial de descargas — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:24:40 +0000

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By: Vikram

Vikram — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:56:05 +0000

I don’t use MAC, but windows and firefox 2. There is an option to clear download history everytime one closes firefox. In tools - options - privacy - private data check the box near ” Always clear my private data when I close firefox” and in settings check all items you want to clear. Here you go. The next user would not know what you don’t want him to. Alternatively you can disable history all together in the same place.

By: Speed Up Firefox? « Thinking Things Through

Speed Up Firefox? « Thinking Things Through — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:56:06 +0000

[...] Speed Up Firefox? This looks like a good hint. [...]

By: John Bennett

John Bennett — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:08:31 +0000

Firefox is a RAM hog. I regularly close it and then reopen it. Be sure to check the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete), put the cursor on Firefox and click End Process since closing it doesn’t always clear its RAM use. I then restart Firefox and click Restore Session which brings me back to where I was but with a lot more RAM open.

By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:07:32 +0000

Great additional tips! There are lots more in the comments on this Lifehacker article.