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Firefox is my favorite browser ever. I love it because I can open as many tabs as I want in a single window and I can freely customize it with extensions. The problem is that these two great features, tabs and extensions, sometimes turn Firefox into a heavy burden on system resources.
But now I've found the perfect solution. It's called Firefox Ultimate Optimizer and it's a small tool that drastically reduces the browser's craving for memory and CPU. The program doesn't have any configuration options and can only be set to launch with Windows if you have admin rights on your system.
Once launched, it will simply sit on the system tray and perform its task in an incredibly efficient way. Just open the Task manager window and see the difference between running Firefox with or without Firefox Ultimate Optimizer.
I have one single complaint: I'd like to be able to hide the system tray icon. But I guess that's a small detail that can be added that to the Wish List for future versions. In all, this is an excellent Firefox companion that makes me love my favorite browser even more.
Firefox Ultimate Optimizer will make your Firefox browser much lighter on resources!
I just installed it, and so far I'm impressed.
Before, when I started FF3, it was using ~80k of RAM, and kept growing during use up to ~350k.
Look at FF RAM usage after I installed Firefox Ultimate Optimizer:
I have downloaded, bur not installed the Optimizer. My McAfee SiteAdvisor went crazy with different page, which were offered.I will wait for further inputs, but it seems good at cutting down the memory usage.
Do you have to install the Optimizer in each browser? I have both 2.0.0.16 and 3.0.1.
I did a Google search, and was surprised by the number of yellow sites. Others gave info this kind.
I would not use it.
Last edited by Westside; 5th September 2008 at 02:08.
OK. The download site is marked in yellow by McAfee, but the download, itself is green.
I scanned the file with Avast, and Malwarebytes, and they didn't complain.
After about 2 hours of using FF with Firefox Ultimate Optimizer running, RAM usage stays under 3k, which is amazing to me.
Without Optimizer my FF would be taking up to 300k, and getting slower.
Good question about two FF versions installed. I simply don't know.
I will try to ask my question in a different way. I see that the download is a .zip file, presumably unzipped to an .exe file. It said about an icon in the taskbar. That appears to me that the optimizer is installed outside Firefox, or do you know where it is installed. I cannot get a feeling if it is like an add-on, or something outside the program. I am, almost, tempted to see what it does.
It looks very interesting. A number of the downloaders had AV's triggered. My first thought it is a "false positive". If it is, the author will need to submit / contact all of malware police and get it on a whitelist. I scanned the install file at Jotti's malware scan (19 different scan engines), got 7 hits.
Westside
I doesn't even have any installer. After unzipping there is noe"Languages" folder, "settings.ini" file, and one .exe file. You can put them anywhere. I just created a folder in Program Files.
Then you double click on .exe, and an icon appears in systray with one option under right click: "Start with Windows", plus language option.
That's it.
Dennis
I scanned the file at VirusTotal, and it got some hits, but none from major engines.
I scanned with Avast, and Malwarebytes...nothing.
Running it for couple of hours already, and happy with it.
I did some more reading about the subject.
Surely, there is no miracle. The program shifts FF memory use from RAM to virtual memory.
The strange thing is, that VM should be slower, than RAM, but I can't see any difference in FF speed.
It says that Microsoft NET Framework 2.0 is required. What is it? It may be the source of scanning problems. I never went past NET Framework1.1, and, I have no clue what it is for.
The .NET Framework is fairly ubiquitous. Read about it here. The only real iisue with .NET is that is is not upward/downward compatible; you can easily end up with all versions installed in order to run all your programs.
However, as for the original post topic, an optimizer that is itself a black box for an open source product? I am going to pass.
Last edited by AKAJohnDoe; 5th September 2008 at 21:56.
FWIW
I've played with this optimizer most of the day, using FFox and Chrome. Can't tell any significant difference in speed of access on the web, to speak of. Like AKAJohnDoe, I say, "Out damned spot . . .!" At least 'til we know more about this 'aminal'.
Yeah, I played with it all day and took it off. I could see no speed increasing. I did see that FF was using some ridiculously low amount of RAM. I understand the program is transferred to page file which is slower than RAM as some one has already said.
