How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

[KoRn]

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!

[kezekiel]

That's the northbound 5 at San Onofre.

[eXe]

WOW that makes it MUCH faster.. thanks!

[Anti-MSM]

Please add me to the Firefox Ping list.

[Fifth Business]

bump

[Trinity_Tx]

Bumping thread and requesting to be added to your list, Shadow. ; )

[rwfromkansas]

Foxyvoice.....will have to try that out just for the novelty of it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I'll try it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Definitely faster....

Thanks.

[ovrtaxt]

Cool! All eight of the tabbed sites in my News bookmarks loaded instantly. Nice!

[KoRn]

Bump for the morning crowd!

[ShadowAce]

You have all been added to my list. Welcome aboard. Thislist pings browser articles, Linux/Windows threads, and any other tech threads I find interesting.

[Poohbah]

How To Speed Up Firefox

It already flies at Mach 5+!

[OXENinFLA]

FIREFOX ON NITROUS!!!

[should only be done by broadband users]

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PING...

[b4its2late]

Yep.

[Bahbah]

If you are connected through your cable provider, is that the equivalent of broadband, or is it something else? (Yes, I know, I am a complete ninny when it comes to the terminology.)

[wita]

Forced, FORCED, FORCED I choose to use dialup, thankyou. Ever tried to take your broadband on a trip? Ever get hit with a computer trashing injection from your friends on the net? Ever had your fast connection no better than dialup? Switch to dial up you will no longer be disappointed in your broadband connection. No you won't be doing a 10 meg file in 2 minutes or less, or loading pages faster than you can read, but hey, at least you are surfing with confidence. In ten years, I have never had a phone outage, and at ten bucks a month I can't beat the price. What am I missing by not having broadband, who knows but I'm not sitting around crying about it, and I'm saving about 35 dollars a month in the process.

[shellshocked]

"and I'm saving about 35 dollars a month in the process"

Or losing 35 dollars a month in wasted time?

FReeping or checking E-mail, or downloading files for work means needing broadband. Plus, I have a dial-up from my cable provider if the line goes out, which, in 4 years, only has once when they were switching us over to another network.

[KoRn]

Yes, cable is considered broadband. ;-)

[Bahbah]

Thank you, KoRn.