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How to speed up firefox

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Okay i had no idea what section this should go in so i posted it here

(important note this is not my tutorial)


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Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

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 some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

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 MUCH faster now!
2009-10-16 09:13:00

Author:
rseah
Posts: 2701


I can't tell the difference

I never really paid attention to how fast it went before i made the changes, so unless i go and change it back i won't be able to see a difference.

It's kind of like when i first got a ps2, i didn't think it was any different than the ps1 before i went and played my ps1 again afterwards
2009-10-16 10:28:00

Author:
Dexiro
Posts: 2100


It's kind of like when i first got a ps2, i didn't think it was any different than the ps1 before i went and played my ps1 again afterwards

Agreed.
I used to play Burnout Dominator on PSP all the time, then I got a PS3 and started playing Paradise.
When I went back to Dominator I realized how incredibly ugly it was
2009-10-16 11:33:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291


Thread subscribed.

If only I was on my FF computer.
2009-10-16 13:34:00

Author:
TheMarvelousHat
Posts: 542


Thanks, lately FF has been really slow on XP for me. This helped a lot. Where'd you find this?2009-10-16 21:13:00

Author:
Arkei
Posts: 1432


wow it worked very well!

Anyways i still think google chrome is faster
2009-10-16 21:56:00

Author:
Snrm
Posts: 6419


Now that I know this I may switch back.. FF seemed too slow before.
JUST KIDDING! I'm too used to chrome.
2009-10-16 22:12:00

Author:
chezhead
Posts: 1063


thanks
old trick but still useful
2009-10-17 05:54:00

Author:
siccology
Posts: 279


I posted these tips somewhere :|
I did this months ago, paged load imidently.
I made stuff extra fast too with more tips.
2009-10-17 10:54:00

Author:
Adam9001
Posts: 744


Just made the changes to Firefox on my PC here at home. I'm a Chrome guy myself, but the wife still uses Firefox religiously. We'll see if she notices a difference...2009-10-18 23:39:00

Author:
supersickie
Posts: 1366


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