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How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

Posted on 12/12/2004 12:45:50 PM PST by 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!


TOPICS: Technical; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: firefox; mozilla; pc
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace

You've been added. Welcome aboard!


181 posted on 12/13/2004 10:44:31 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
I live in a very rural area, and was stuck with dial up too. As soon as the Cable company announced they were bringing broadband I was calling them every other day lol.

I was the first resident in town to get it lol. It took them all with 3 guys working, climbing poles to get it going. Then, 3 months later the phone company started their DSL service, and I went with that because cable would slow down too frequently. I went to work as a network tech at the phone company, and I can tell you that they really can put DSL almost anywhere they want as long as you are within 4 miles of a remote system(box you see alongside the road). There is a trick they can do with the switch cards in the remote to receive the DSL transmission back to the CO where the DSLAM is. That would cost them more money though, and they would never do it.

Have you looked into satellite?
182 posted on 12/13/2004 10:46:30 AM PST by KoRn
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To: BigSkyFreeper
What about a WISP: http://www.isp-planet.com/technology/montana_sky.htm

I am going to be testing some NLOS gear in the next week or so. (I live in the Cascade foothills so hills, trees and rain make WiFi fun).

I run a 2.4 connection from my office to my house to share the ISDN.
183 posted on 12/13/2004 10:47:18 AM PST by CyberCowboy777 (Zip it Hippie! - http://www.casualconservative.com/)
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To: KoRn

Kewl, Korn! Thanks!


184 posted on 12/13/2004 11:07:59 AM PST by AngryJawa (Now Accepting Ammo Donations)
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To: KoRn
I have looked into satellite. Shortly after the rollout of Starband two-way internet, the local Rat Shack had a demonstration computer system connected to the Starband system. I test drove it, wasn't too impressed, but then again, that was the early days of two-way internet. The price wasn't persuasive enough either, matter of fact, it was more than I would pay for an always on connection, then there was the matter of the expensive lease on an expensive modem, and the expensive installation. (they won't allow customers to do self-installs).

I'm anticipating the release of Wildblue sometime next year. They're boasting lower prices and faster connections than Starband, but, time will tell.

185 posted on 12/13/2004 11:15:04 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: CyberCowboy777

WISP and WiFi don't exist in this part of the state. Well, I shouldn't say that. The local Radio Shack dealer started his own WiFi ISP and only covers about 3 or 4 miles, as he put the antenna on top of the RS store, and I'm about 48 miles from the local Radio Shack store.


186 posted on 12/13/2004 11:17:27 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Yeah, I looked into satellite myself before I had other options, and I wasn't impressed. I can't begin to tell you how many DSL customers I did installs for who were taking our their satellite equipment. They said they "hated it".


187 posted on 12/13/2004 11:18:12 AM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn

I even told the guy who was showing me the Starband system as I got up out of the computer chair, "My 56k modem loads pages faster than this". I walked out.


188 posted on 12/13/2004 11:26:03 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: AngryJawa
"Kewl, Korn! Thanks!"

Anytime! ;-)

189 posted on 12/13/2004 11:40:01 AM PST by KoRn
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To: CyberCowboy777
Broadband: A transmission facility having a bandwidth sufficient to carry multiple voice, video or data channels simultaneously

That definition isn't the end all be all. Afterall, not that long ago, Diamond was selling software that used Dual Modems. It could carry multiple data channels simultaneously. That CLEARLY isn't broadband. The FCC considers Broadband to be any connection that meets or exceeds 200kbps in both directions. Clearly ISDN BRI does not meet that standard. Also, if you've ever used an ISDN BRI connection you wouldn't think it was Broadband either. Certainly better than a dialup, but the best download rate you can get is about 13-14k/sec. That's only about 2.3 times the speed of a 56k Dialup.

As I noted in my original post, there are varying definitions depending on who you talk to. Most will agree that it's only at somewhere north of 200kbits that you're into Broadband access as related to the internet.

190 posted on 12/13/2004 12:08:00 PM PST by Malsua
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To: KoRn

Bump


191 posted on 12/13/2004 12:09:14 PM PST by True Capitalist
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To: ShadowAce

Add me to the firefox hint ping please.


192 posted on 12/13/2004 12:11:25 PM PST by Clypp
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To: Clypp

Done. Welcome aboard.


193 posted on 12/13/2004 12:12:39 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: KoRn

bump for later


194 posted on 12/13/2004 12:19:54 PM PST by is_is (VPD of Lcpl Daniel - USMC - Iraq)
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To: Malsua
I think the technical definition of Broadband is having the ability to transmit and receive data simultaneously.

Whereas the opposite is Baseband, which is send or receive only. Same as Full and Half Duplex I think....I could be very wrong though.
195 posted on 12/13/2004 12:44:12 PM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn
I think the technical definition of Broadband is having the ability to transmit and receive data simultaneously.

While there certainly is a book definition somewhere, one size does not fit all. Half/Full Duplex only uses one channel so that anolgy falls apart some. As an example I signed onto Fidonet in 1984 using a 300 Baud Full duplex modem. Wouldn't call that Broadband would ya?

I think the full definition of Broadband should be that you have two channels, able to send and receive simultaneously data/voice/video/whatever at a specific rate. The issue we're having here is what is that Rate Number? The FCC calls it 200kbps. ISDN BRI is 128kbps. Ergo, not Broadband.

When the shop I was working for installed ISDN BRI in 1996, we thought it was Broadband, by today's standards, it's not. In fact, as we move forward, the number is going to get higher. As for just surfing the Internet, right now, a 256kbps connection is just barely enough for my Definition. Others push the number much higher. It's a fluid definition because content gets richer, mpgs get bigger, and what works today, might not be all that useful 10 years from now. Right now, far as I know, only the FCC has defined the speed as 200kbps. When some other authoratative body weighs in all calls a number we might get a clearer definition.

196 posted on 12/13/2004 1:10:50 PM PST by Malsua
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To: Malsua
I think really broadband is now just a general term used by the public to refer to high speed Internet access from home. As far as most people are concerned it really has no technical definition. Of course, I'm referring to people who think that you can't surf the net without AOL or Yahoo lol.
197 posted on 12/13/2004 1:18:31 PM PST by KoRn
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To: KoRn
I think really broadband is now just a general term used by the public to refer to high speed Internet access from home. As far as most people are concerned it really has no technical definition. Of course, I'm referring to people who think that you can't surf the net without AOL or Yahoo lol.

I agree. Now let's argue about what "High Speed" Means, heh.

I once had a 30 minute argument with someone who was convinced that AOL ran the internet. His proof? With AOL dialed in, you could get to the internet, with it off, you couldn't. LOL. It took me a while to explain it to him. I've had things like that sometimes. This other time, a guy brings in his computer, an old XT with a shot MFM drive. The Motor wouldn't spin up unless you rapped on the case occasionaly. I told him this. The only other thing I did for the guy was add @echo off to the autoexec.bat. For two weeks, he hounded me that I broke his computer adding that to the Autoexec.bat. He kept having to rap on the drive. I told him, go ahead, take it out of the autoexec.bat, but I'm not going to be responable for what happens.

Round about 2 days later, he rolls in and he's FURIOUS! The machine won't boot any more. Your Technician told me to take Echo Off out of the Autoexec! Now my machine won't boot any longer. My Boss turned beat red, ran into the back and started howling. Needless to say, we put in a new drive. Just to tweak the guy I added "Echo There is No Echo Off executing..." It must have been re-assuring at every bootup. hehe.

198 posted on 12/13/2004 1:33:55 PM PST by Malsua
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To: Malsua
LOL Don't you just luuuuv people? lol

I also like the catch word for dial-up providers: "High Speed Access". Sure, you can dial up pretty damned fast, but you are gonna be slow as you can be when you get there lol.

I had an aunt who paid $200 for a 7 year old Packard Bell computer with 32MB of RAM running Windows 98. She was bragging about how it "had been upgraded". Well about 2 years after she bought it she decided to get online, and it was running really slow while loading web pages.

I told her that her system was too old and slow to really do her any good online. She rejected my conclusion outright, because it "had been upgraded". She's still using it by-the-way....
199 posted on 12/13/2004 1:42:54 PM PST by KoRn
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To: All

Uber Browser Bump!!!!


200 posted on 12/13/2004 5:19:40 PM PST by KoRn
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