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SPEED UP YOUR FIREFOX [3 EASY STEPS]

illicit
edited April 2007 in General
1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

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: (just need to doubleclick it)

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 receives.

Comments

  • JohnnyBoy
    edited April 2007
    isn't it already fast enough, or is there a noticeable difference?
  • illicit
    edited April 2007
    JohnnyBoy said:
    isn't it already fast enough, or is there a noticeable difference?
    i knew about it a while ago, reformatted and didn't remember to do the settings.

    i just came across it, and yes it does make a NOTICEABLE difference. especially on broadband.
  • Malakaiii
    edited April 2007
    I tried it... we'll see if it works! :wink:
  • illicit
    edited April 2007
    even just loading these pages.

    after you post. theres a load time. with this little fix , it's almost instant.
  • Pro
    edited April 2007
    illicit said:
    i knew about it a while ago, reformatted and didn't remember to do the settings.

    i just came across it, and yes it does make a NOTICEABLE difference. especially on broadband.

    haha same here. thanks for reminding me about it!
  • meeshmeesh
    edited April 2007
    whoa, thanks for the tip :) it is faster...being the impatient person that i am this'll save me from hitting 'reload' over and over again when there's a lag lol
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited April 2007
    Hey I tried it, it does make a slight difference...I'll give it a few days before I decide it was really worth it (even though it only took 1 minute to do lol)
  • gawdawaful
    edited April 2007
    btw just a heads up, after doing this, webct no longer recognizes my firefox as a known version of firefox

    Has this came up with any of you?
  • Malakaiii
    edited April 2007
    webct did that to me a loooong time ago! :smile:
  • random
    edited April 2007
    What does it mean by "webct no longer recognizes my firefox as a known version of firefox"? :confused:

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