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]

It could be the router blocking the pipelining. If it's slowing you down just undo it. When I'm at work it doesn't work for me there.

[corrys]

Please add me to the firefox hint pinglist

[ShadowAce]

Done. Welcome aboard!

[UnlimitedFreedom]

How would one slow down an internet connection with firefox?

[KoRn]

I never claimed that Firefox 'slowed down' an internet connection.

I was stating that by default Firefox isn't configured to load pages as fast as possible, with dial up users in mind of course. Broadband users can 'turn up' these settings to get the most out of the browser.

[UnlimitedFreedom]

Oh, I know you never claimed it did. I was just inquiring as to whether I could slow down (or 'turn down') my connection settings or not. (I know it sounds bizarre . . . but I need to slow it down for one application)

I was just inquiring if this is possible.

[jdm]

Bump for anyone who missed this the first time around. Also, if you use IE exclusively, this utility allows IE to run as fast as Firefox (however, still no tabbed browsing, etc. with IE, of course). To this day, I use both IE and Firefox.

[jdm]

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[HalfFull]

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[varon]

How To Speed Up Firefox

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[UCANSEE2]

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[KoRn]

Wow I thought this thread was all but forgotten. It's very helpful.

[dis.kevin]

bump

[Centurion2000]

bump for later

[Rightly Biased]

Thanks all clean now

[loudpen]

geat... tx

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I followed your recommendations and seemed to have no effect at first. After I closed Firefox down and restarted it, I do seem to have good result - judging by the performance loading "Today's Toons." Thanks!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Is there a handy way to bump up the default font size?

[KoRn]

Go into Tools>Options. There is a section for Fonts and Colors. You may find what you are looking for there.