Make Firefox Faster

[Viva Las Espuelas]

in my search to correct my hard drive problem i stumbled upon this and it works. don't know if it's been posted here before. my search function isn't working




Make Firefox Faster

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time.
When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really
speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to any number around 5-12. This
means it will make X requests at once, depending on the number you put in.

NOTE: A recommended number is either 8 or 12.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New > Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.

IMPORTANT: Some small sites may block your connection because it DOES take up more bandwidth than usual. Take note.

[baseline bum]

Man, I would have never guessed Firefox would send HTTP/1.0 GET messages by default, as opposed to HTTP/1.1. Good find.

[bigdog]

Wow, good stuff.

[Bender]

"may void your warranty..."

[Viva Las Espuelas]

"may void your warranty..."

i chuckled at that, too.