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To: edchambers
FWIW, a speed tip for FireFox a couple of days ago here on FR - but only for broadband:

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.

179 posted on 12/18/2004 10:45:54 AM PST by TheOracleAtLilac
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To: TheOracleAtLilac
FWIW, a speed tip for FireFox a couple of days ago here on FR - but only for broadband:

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

You can use this extension Tweak Network Settings 1.0 to enable pipelining and also be able to reset to the default on the fly for pages that fail. It will allow any setting for pipelining and does not change the render delay but I find that makes little difference The power profile on the tweak works great. It can be accessed from the tools menu.

203 posted on 12/18/2004 11:34:31 AM PST by this_ol_patriot
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