Posted on 06/05/2006 8:34:38 PM PDT by Srirangan
This is a small hack which changes a few default Mozilla Firefox settings enabling it to run much faster in a broadband/LAN environment.
Explanation
By default the browser requests only one file at a time. Also there is a time lag between the download and the rendering of web content. This is a small hack whcih sets a variable and changes the values of two more in a way that Firefox renders pages much faster.
Steps to follow
1) Open a new Firefox window/tab and enter "about:config" in the address bar and press enter
2) Set "network.http.pipelining" from "false" to "true"
3) Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" from "false" to "true"
4) Create a new config integer variable "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" with the value 0
That's all. Now your Firefox browser will get rid of the one-at-a-time requests mode and will also eliminate the render lag.
Disclaimer: I have personally tested this on my Firefox 1.5.0.3. Neither I nor the Mozilla development team give any guaruntee. This is just a simple hack for enthusiasts. I am to be no way held responsible if aliens abduct you because of this hack. ;)
Tell Pedro to FIRE Fox!
Worth a try.
I don't don't know, would have to a lot of images for any detection of rendering time.
Already posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts
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My Firefox 1.5 beta 1 already has all these. Somebody there pays attention!
When people download the latest version 1.5.0.4 I think they're going to see quite an improvement. On my box anyway it's flying. They still need to do some more work with memory though...
Ye, 1.5.0.4 still has those memory leaks on my slackware box..
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