Using the new Firefox awesome bar could result in a frustrating experience, because the SQLite database that holds all the data used by Firefox can get heavily defragmented.
You can get an huge speed improvement running this command inside the Firefox error console:
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"] .getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL("VACUUM");
Put the command above in the code field (in a single line) and press the evaluate button.
Wow! Thanks a lot for this looks like it is working to the fullest potential!!
thanks– super useful. my awesome bar was definitely gettin’ a little sluggish. E
Thank you sooo much. I enjoy having the awesome bar, but holy smokes does it slow down simply _typing_ in the address bar. It’s unbelievable how slow it gets. This tip sped it up to like new.