Browser.cache.disk.capacity
Background
When a page is loaded, it is cached so it doesn't need to be downloaded to be redisplayed. For e-mail and news, messages and attachments are cached as well. This preference controls the maximum amount of hard drive space to use for caching purposes.
Possible values and their effects
0
Do not cache files on the hard drive.
Any positive integer
Maximum amount of hard drive space in KB to use for cache. (Firefox default: 50000. Default for OpenVMS systems: 4096. Default for all others: 51200)
Caveats
- browser.cache.disk.enable must be true for this preference to take effect.
UI
Firefox
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network / Offline Storage (Firefox 3)
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network / Cache (Firefox 2)
Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cache (Firefox 1.5 and earlier)
Thunderbird
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network & Disk Space (Thunderbird 3)
Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey
Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Cache
First checked in
Present since at least 2000-10-30. Exact checkin date unknown.
Has an effect in
- Netscape (all versions since 6.0)
- Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.6)
- Phoenix (all versions)
- Firebird (all versions)
- Firefox (all versions)
- Thunderbird (all versions)
- Minimo (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)
