SpeedyFox

Although the Internet connection's speed determines how fast you can surf the web, the used browser plays an important role as well. Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are the most popular web browsers today, due to their fast browsing capabilities, but if you want to squeeze more speed out of these browsers, you can use SpeedyFox. The application is capable of boosting their startup and browsing speed significantly. The best part is that all it takes to perform this operation is one click.

SpeedyFox is available for Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Besides Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, it also works with Mozilla Thunderbird and Skype. The application is offered free of charge and it doesn't need to be installed. All you have to do is download and run an executable file, which is only 605 KB.

The application's compact user interface displays the supported programs in a tree structure, if they are installed on your computer. Besides the programs themselves, you can also find your user profiles, which contain your bookmarks, browsing history and so on. If a supported program doesn't show up on the interface, even if you have it on your computer, you can import a new profile, by targeting its parent folder on a standard Open dialog.

Browsing for new profiles is not mandatory. If a supporter program is installed on your computer, SpeedyFox will detect it automatically. All you have to do is select the programs you wish to boost and hit the Optimize button, located in the upper right region of the interface. It takes only a few seconds to optimize your browsers and other programs. The application will display an events log during the operation, which can be saved in plain text format.

If you wish to understand how SpeedyFox works, you should know that browsers save bookmarks, browsing history and other elements in profiles, which get fragmented in time. The application's purpose is to defragment these profiles. The best part is that the operation is completely safe, so you won't end up losing any bookmarks, saved passwords or other items.