Viewing Information about Firefox Cache Service
Have you ever wondered what files are being cached by your Firefox browser? Using this command “about:cache” you can explore the details about your Firefox cache service. The information displayed about the memory cache device and the disk cache device may come in handy for future reference.
Number of entries – The number of cache objects
Maximum storage size – Cache capacity with a default value of 50000 or 50mb (can be adjusted using the options window)
Storage in use – Storage with content
Inactive storage – Idled space
For some reason, you may disable the memory and the disk cache device by changing the values of the following preference name from “true” to “false”, but be sure to restart your browser to apply the changes.
Disk cache device - browser.cache.disk.enable
Memory cache device - browser.cache.memory.enable
