Force Flash Movies & Animations to Low Quality in Firefox

If you have a computer with  very slow internet than you may find that Flash movies and animations loads VERY slowly for you. Usually the way to speed them up and improve Flash's performance is to right-click on the Flash object and choose Quality to Low. But how can you force Flash to run movies at low quality automatically?

Flash itself does not provide the ability to automatically set a quality rating. It's done by the author of the movie or animation, who usually set the quality to HIGH. But, with the power of Firefox and an add-in called Greasemonkey, you can set Firefox to automatically set the Flash quality to LOW.

This works great for users who have very slow Internet connections.

Step 1: Install Greasemonkey:

First, with Firefox, download the Greasemonkey add-on from here.

Install the add-on, then restart Firefox. Then return to this article to finish the tutorial.

Step 2: Install the User Script:

Next, you'll need to install a user script called Force Low Quality Flash. The script available for public download here.

When you go to that link, click the Install button and it will grab the latest version of the script.

Step 3: Test:

Next, go to a site heavy on Flash. After the Flash animation loads, right-click on it and check the quality. If it is set to Low, you have success!