Make firefox Faster

[BIGUN 1,482]

forevergeek.com has a useful guide on speeding up firefox for broadband users. basically after getting to the hidden config settings you set the browser to request more data that it usually does.

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 receives.

If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!

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[Chrissay 0]

Wow, I'm stunned. It is like lightening fast now!!

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[murrays 0]

And this works on the Mac OS X version as well...just Control-click instead of right click if you're using a one-button mouse on your Mac. Everything else was exactly the same.


Thanks for the tips!

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Murray

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[Jimbo 0]

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Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

Great. Instant Slashdot from only your browser. You're not doing the world any favors with this setting, especially at 30. 4 or even 8 is a more reasonable setting for this and may even give you more performance.

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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.

This setting is interesting in that it only changes the way you perceive the experience. Setting it to zero forces Firefox to draw the screen as soon as it receives any information, on the other hand, setting it a bit higher (this setting is in milliseconds, IIRC) should actually give the perception of things moving along a bit faster. To put it simply, at zero you get to watch the entire screen draw, line by line, at higher numbers you wait a few milliseconds and FF presents you with the entire screen (or more of it, anyway) all at once.

Want a faster Firefox experience? Windows users can go here and download processor specific builds with REASONABLE tweaks already applied: http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/firefox.htm. Be sure to read the installation instruction first.

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[DTOXX 0]

Very cool.

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Foxfire is actually a chemi-luminescent mold that grows in rotten logs.

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[GogglesnTeeth 6]

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That works, I must do it to all my computers that use firefox!!!

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