Add-ons request: (Smart) RAMDISK use for browser cache !

[king-daddy]

my prowling through a lot of useful information regarding Browser Cache convinced me that it is not as simple as I
thought. It should have options.

I have completed testing using FF Profile manager.
I understand the issues of potential loss of 'some' cashed session data, but the exciting benefits I have experienced.

I copied my FF profile to the RAMDISK. 71 MB and took 12 seconds.

For a test, I copied the RAMDISK profile back to HDD... took 6 seconds.

I launched FF with the RAMDISK profile, took about half an eye-blink!

Ramdisk has options to save configured folder when system shuts down, and to restore it when restart.
Other configuration options are available.

I will be exploiting my new happiness and understand the surprises I might get. I would prefer a smart add-on.

Carl

[»Q«]

In
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I think an add-on for this is unfeasible, since the profile on HDD and
the copy in RAM need to be synced before Fx starts and after it exits;
add-ons can only operate while Fx is running. IOW, I think the best
you can do is have something running in the background that keeps them
synced, which it sounds like you're already doing.

IME, the main benefit you'll be seeing is in startup time -- for cache,
just turning off disk cache and using memory cache only in Fx's
settings (and probably increasing the mem cache size) would get you the
same performance increase once Fx has already started. In case you'd
like stats on startup time with various configurations, there's the
"about:startup" add-on,
<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/about-startup/>. To clear
the stats, just delete or move the startup.log file from the profile
directory.

[king-daddy]

Thanks for that information. I did not know I could turn off cache to HDD!

Now that I have observed the many different cache settings that exist, I feel like I now know less about it than I did
before! I want to know more. Can you help?

At this point of my experience base, I think all I want to do is eliminate all HDD access that I can. I am concerned
about all the ad caching that occurs, or will soon occur as the marketing applications mature. My prior topic is why I
am concerned.

I am involved with the developer testing another tool/application (winprivacy by winpatrol), and the impact of the
browser driven ad caching colliding with my high HDD activity that I often normally have on one machine: (FULL HD Movie
clips instead of slide show), it creates a LOT of abnormal HDD noise when there is the stated HDD access conflict. That
got my attention, and that evolved to my current interest here. (Winprivacy is also looking at the issue).

I won't know if my idea of avoiding HDD activity will impact my issue until I try it. The ad development caching seems
to be suspended right now.

Smartphones won't have the issue, just a few hard drive users.

[Paul in Houston, TX]

I also have hdd cache set to zero. System has 12gb ram.
ISP is 25gb. No need to store on hdd.
However, if there were a hdd cache it would be set to C:\tmp where I can see it.
The hdd does not store anything personal, no passwords, no cookies, nothing.
Cookies are session only. I never see any ads or ad caching.
I created a bat file to erase the flash folder but found that CCleaner does more
and so use that instead.
Home page is about:blank. Google does not need to know when I open the browser.
Browser start up is 1 second. The first url takes 3-4 seconds to fully load.
Software firewall is ZA 9.2.102. It is set to block everything that I consider
unnecessary... which is most everything.

[»Q«]

In
<news:mailman.257.1457815001...@lists.mozilla.org>,

king-daddy <king-...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Thanks for that information. I did not know I could turn off cache
> to HDD!

Here are detailed but fairly simple instructions, including how to
increase the size of the RAM cache (at the Arch Linux wiki, but this
section of the page should work for any OS):
<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Speed-up_Firefox_using_tmpfs#Relocate_cache_only_to_RAM>

> Now that I have observed the many different cache settings that
> exist, I feel like I now know less about it than I did before! I want
> to know more. Can you help?

Sorry, I haven't followed developments in how Fx handles caching.
Probably fishing around at <https://developer.mozilla.org/> is you best
bet for learning more. Good luck!

[king-daddy]

Apparently you are not Windows (Linux?)

First, I need to correct my usage of the word "cache" respective of Windows. Yes, I am including "Temp Space" folders.
In Windows XP I could configure it's location.

Not any more.
Every user has a profile (not new) but now their browser temp space is in their hidden profile folder which is found
Internet Explorer:
under \[profile name]\AppData\local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files

and so far, even Firefox marketing ads are there.

Windows 8 and 10 changed the name to
inetcache\IE

Note:
Firefox user profile also is under that Windows user's profile...
REMOTE\Mozilla\firefox...
That includes the application cache and all other widget parts.

[Paul in Houston, TX]

I am using w7/64. It looks like you are using the same for group posting,
unless you changed the config.
I can't help with W10. I will never install it.