Speed up your browser and Skype…SpeedyFox free utility

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Well, it’s free, and it works, for MacOS and Windows. It will clean and speed up Firefox, Pale Moon, Chrome, Opera, Thunderbird and Skype as well, with an up to x3 increase in speed. No, it won’t speed up IE or Edge.

Why does it work? It works because with time you get larger and more fragmented databases.

“Firefox (and sometimes it's add-ons) uses SQLITE databases to store lots of its settings. By the time the databases grow and Firefox starts working slowly. SpeedyFox compacts those databases without loosing any data. Databases are optimized to operate faster and are decreased in size.” – CrystalIdea

So…I tried it, and the difference was indeed noticeable. No, I didn’t actually time it. The utility worked quickly…but, depending on the the size of your database, it can take up to an hour. It will inform you how long it took.

Oh yeah…it won’t affect your history, bookmarks, passwords, etc. Also you can run it per browser and per profile. Not bad.

There’s a tutorial here: http://www.crystalidea.com/more-about-speedyfox

You can get it here: http://www.crystalidea.com/downloads/speedyfox.zip

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks Doc

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

and another way of speeding up any browser is to REMOVE the browser addons/toolbars.

harpo, the ghOSt NON-subscriber

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

With the links provided above they say nothing about Chrome, Skype, stc. mentioned above, Only Firefox instruction.

So if you said it cleaned programs other than Firefox it must be so.

Did some searching and found the information posted above. So if anyone had a doubt such as I had as to what programs it said it actually cleaned here is another link.

http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox

 

Oh yes, thank you for this find. :thumbsup: .

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 3

another way of speeding up any browser is to REMOVE the browser addons/toolbars.
Eggzachary. :thumbsup:

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Speedyfox works well...you defrag your HDD, no?

Toolbars? Well...  ;P

As for extensions/Add-ons? Many are useful...why uninstall AdBlock or Ghostery and others? They increase your security as ads (flash based) can be malicious causing 'drive by' infection, redirection, etc.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks, Doc, I've been wanting an app like this for a while now but never got around to searching for one. :thumbsup: