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!

[KoRn]

"I can't get the about:config address to give me a useable page. Am I the only one who can't make it work?"

Hmmm. Could be a permissions issue. Are you at work? I haven't seen that problem arise.

[n-tres-ted]

Got it done. Thanks again.

[AFreeBird]

BUMP

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Hit ctrl+t to open a new tab.

I find the "Duplicate Tab" extension more robust.

It will duplicate any tab you right click on and select...along with that tab's entire history. Very handy.

[RightGeek]

bump

[Qutubuddin]

It was a great tip dear.

It make it much faster now.

Qutub

[Dog Gone]

If you upgrade to a later version of Firefox, you need to redo those steps, by the way.

[KoRn]

My settings remained unchanged.

[jdm]

This thread is an oldie but a goodie.

This "fix" may do the same (similar?) stuff, not sure.

I ran the exe weeks ago and the optimization is quite impressive.

Just wanted to pass along in case you haven't seen.

[jdm]

I should add that the file at SoftPedia is by no means new, although it integrates well into Firefox 2.0, from my own experience. More less just an FYI; not trying to pimp the site or file or anything! :O)

[braqus]

Thanks for the firefox tip:
It works great! If anyone can't get it to work the problem is
P.E.B.K.A.C. so don't fret it.
Thanks
Braqus

[KoRn]

Glad it was useful for you! Seems as soon as I begin forget about this thread someone else stumbles upon it and posts a reply.

BTW, what does P.E.B.K.A.C. mean? lol

[braqus]

P.E.B.K.A.C.
P.roblem E.xists B.etween K.eyboard A.nd C.hair

Chilly in San Francisco this morning brrrrrrrrrrr

Braqus

[KoRn]

"P.roblem E.xists B.etween K.eyboard A.nd C.hair "

LOL! I'm going to file that one away for future use. It's right there with "IO Error". =)

[Loaf]

Hope you’d forgotten about this post again :)

Just found it today. I was vexxed by slow scroll, mouse-over, and clicking speeds in firefox. Nice, they’re fixed. Thanks a ton for posting that.

Since many people (like me) didn’t figure out it was just firefox that was the problem, you’ll probably keep getting hits.

[KoRn]

"Hope you’d forgotten about this post again"

Actually I had lol. I'm glad to see it still helps people here and there. Good to hear that it helped you out as well.

/cheers

[spyone]

Outstanding! Thanks!

[KoRn]

Funny. I built a new computer earlier this year, and had forgotten about this, as you mentioned. I has so forgotten about it, I didn’t make these changes to my NEW box. LOL

Wow. It really does help, after not having it like that for awhile. Thanks for the heads up! I might have never realized it! hahaha

[Minutemen]

When I ran Mozilla 1.6 a few years back, there was an option in “preferences” for pipelining- all you had to do was put a tick in a box.

[rottndog]

Wow!

Just made the changes...my homepage w/lots of pics usually takes awhile to load....loaded up instantly.

Great Help!