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How To Make Firefox Even Faster
Internet Chat Forum ^ | me222

Posted on 06/11/2005 3:25:14 PM PDT by Asphalt

This should only be done on broadband NOT on ISDN or dialup:

Go to the address bar and type in "about:config" Look for the following lines:

network.http.pipelining = false network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 4 network.http.proxy.pipelining = false

and replace it with (click or double-click the line to change it)

network.http.pipelining = true network.http.pipelining.maxrequests = 30 network.http.proxy.pipelining = true

This means it will make 30 requests at once and not wait for a reply to the request before making another request and you'll be able to load pages MUCH faster.


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To: arjay; Asphalt
WOW. The speedup is very noticeable. Thanks for the tips.

ditto

61 posted on 06/11/2005 8:03:36 PM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: Asphalt

Man this sucks sand out of an old dirty boot! All I can get is dial up where we live. Verizon will not put in the hardware for dsl into this area. They say not enough need to warrent the expense, so we are stuck with this garbage....


62 posted on 06/11/2005 8:09:40 PM PDT by TMSuchman (2nd Generation U.S. MARINE, 3rd Generation American & PROUD OF IT!)
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To: Asphalt
Thanks for the tip. Yes it does speed things up. Bump to fix DH's computer.
63 posted on 06/11/2005 9:03:06 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.And we're unlikely to get a look into this t)
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To: Asphalt

If you're interested in digging into the guts of your browser, I can give you a repeatable case where pipelining actually slows things way, way down.


64 posted on 06/11/2005 9:22:44 PM PDT by general_re ("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

NTSCP 8.0 is slow to load and it is sluggish other respects. I have had several experiences where it spontaneously switches tabs to a different window or refuses to switch when asked and then after waiting a while it executes all the stored up keystrokes. The interface is not intuitive. I quit using it and reverted to NTSCP 7.2 which seems to be all the browser I need.


65 posted on 06/12/2005 7:57:43 AM PDT by Banjoguy (Don't be brain dead.)
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To: Crimson Elephant

My wife is a real blonde, but what makes her different is that she can really think. LOL


66 posted on 06/12/2005 2:56:34 PM PDT by Nightshift (Faith is something everyone has. The question is faith in what?)
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To: Allen In So Cal; Asphalt
Would someone please refresh my memory. ISDN?????. I have cable, I know dial-up and DSL but ISDN? At work I also use FF on a huge internal network. Is it ISDN???

ISDN was sort of a half-assed precursor to DSL. It's pretty much obsolete these days, as the form of ISDN most people would encounter is not a whole lot faster than dialup.

The warning in the article about "NOT on ISDN or dialup" isn't for any esoteric technical reasons, it's just saying not to use this tweak on a slow internet connection, because you'll choke it with too many simultaneous connections and will probably be worse off than before, performance-wise. Only use this tweak if you have any type of *fast* internet connection, like cable, DSL, T1, satellite, etc. It enables the Firefox browser to make the most of that wide-open "internet highway" you've got, instead of using just a single "lane" of the freeway at a time.

67 posted on 06/12/2005 3:22:22 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: TMSuchman
Man this sucks sand out of an old dirty boot! All I can get is dial up where we live. Verizon will not put in the hardware for dsl into this area. They say not enough need to warrent the expense, so we are stuck with this garbage....

Cablemodem service not available either?

68 posted on 06/12/2005 3:23:22 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: Asphalt

PING FOR LATER


69 posted on 06/13/2005 5:07:23 AM PDT by grb
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To: Ichneumon; All

Only if you want the junk cable tv service too, which we do not want! the local cable tv co. has too many strings attached to the service.


70 posted on 06/13/2005 7:22:37 AM PDT by TMSuchman (2nd Generation U.S. MARINE, 3rd Generation American & PROUD OF IT!)
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To: Asphalt

bumped for later


71 posted on 06/14/2005 9:46:51 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Asphalt

bttt


72 posted on 06/14/2005 9:57:27 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Washington DC RINO Hunting Guide)
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