These are kwiniec's about:config settings for fixing/improving Firefox for Mac. security repair: accessibility.blockautorefresh true browser.cache.disk.enable false [ presuming enough RAM ] browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert true javascript.options.relimit true javascript.options.strict true network.dns.disableIPv6 true [ for OS X < 10.6.8 bug ] network.prefetch-next false svg.enabled false webgl.disabled true web content repair: browser.blink_allowed false browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing false image.animation_mode once artificial "intelligence" repair: browser.search.suggest.enabled false (bool) browser.search.update false browser.urlbar.trimURLs false extensions.getAddons.maxResults 0 extensions.getAddons.showPane false keyword.enabled false user interface repair: browser.newtab.url [ NEW FF17+: blank out, or breaks NewTabURL Perpetual New Tab ] browser.tabs.animate false [ NEW FF10+: true breaks NewTabURL Perpetual New Tab ] browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab false [ FF3.1+ ] browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground true browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace false browser.tabs.tabClipWidth 98 browser.tabs.tabMaxWidth 2650 [ FF2: fixed at 250; FF4+: userChrome.css ] browser.tabs.tabMinWidth 82 [ FF4+: userChrome.css ] browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo 50 browser.chrome.favicons false browser.chrome.image_icons.max_size 0 browser.chrome.site_icons false browser.chrome.load_toolbar_icons 0 (int) privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage false toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues [ NEW: finally found zoom's problem: try 12 equal steps from zoom 1 to 2 = 12th root of 2 = 1.05946 ] .334,.353,.374,.397,.42,.445,.472,.5,.53,.561,.595,.63,.667,.707,.749,.794,.841,.891,.944,1,1.059,1.122,1.189,1.26,1.335,1.414,1.498,1.588,1.682,1.782,1.888,2,2.119,2.245,2.379,2.52,2.67,2.829,3 performance repair: browser.microsummary.enabled false browser.microsummary.updateGenerators false browser.preferences.animateFadeIn false content.notify.backoffcount 1 (int) nglayout.initialpaint.delay 50 (int) network.dnsCacheEntries 255 network.dnsCacheExpiration 43200 network.http.pipelining true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests 8