FIREFOX ON SPEED: Firefox Speed Tweak

[NoToRiOuS1]

saw this in a thread from Bot2k3 forum and on the PorchTalk forum
its a small tweak that can be applied to firefox that allows you to have multiple server connections in order to load the page faster.
Props to Luke for a job well done


Download Link

link to the thread on the bot2k3 forum(read the reviews/comments)
BOT2K3

link to the porch talk forum(again...read the reviews/comments)
PorchTalk

i scanned this and it seems virus/spyware/malware free. but you should run your own scans to make sure.

this is one of my first threads so flame away should you feel the need

in case the link doesn't work...here's the creators website:
Link

 

[gamefreakgcb]

heh heh, nice addition to an already nice browser.

 

[JeffMD]

god damn, this + cable = insta load! I thought this was supposed to be the way web browsers worked. Single connection downloading is sooo 1995. question is what is the file changing that makes it compatible with all the versions of firefox? it cant be changing the exe.

 

[NoToRiOuS1]

wish i knew...im just glad it works...but if you go to
Luke Terwin
he is the one who made this and if you really want, you could email him and find out exactly what or how it works.

also, i should've mentioned, even though its faily obvious, that this will probably only show significant improvements if you're running dsl/cable or higher because at 56k and below its your modem thats the bottleneck and most likely not the server you are loading the page from.

 

[AsianriceX]

This probably just tweaks one of the config files that you can access by typing "about:config" in the address box. It's been discussed in ATOT and you can find info on it here.

It probably just modifies the pipelining settings so that you can have more connections.

Here's the old ATOT topic on it.

 

[moomoo40moo]

I did that ^. I then also did this, and now I can see a much more noticeable improvement than just doing the about:config thing.

 

[daveybrat]

anyone else try this yet? Wondering if i should try it.

 

[baclips6]

im using dsl, pages do load a bit faster

 

[fallenangel99]

i tried it....i think it loads pages quicker.. not exactly sure

 

[tennesota]

That rocks!

 

[Ezekel]

i actually do notice an improvement in sped as well..thats awesome

 

[monkuboy]

Me too! I just followed the easy instructions, closed and reopened the browser, and the pages load like lightning. It is definitely noticeable. Thanks!

 

[peacemaker1ps]

wow. This patch actually worked.
Awesome.

 

[trikster2]

It does work. wow. Any updates on what it actually does? Anyone have problems with it?

 

[coolred]

Dang, how the heck do I get this in Linux, I just started using Ubuntu linux, it includes firefox, but when I click the link to download and tell it to save to disk, I have no idea where it saves at.

 

[yapagaldil]

man this works like charm... thanx a lot.

 

[nallur]

Can someone who has installed it, go to your FireFox profile folder (Documents and Settings/yourname/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/somename/) and see if you have a user.js file. If you do, what's in it? Thanks.

Originally posted by: yapagaldil
man this works like charm... thanx a lot.

 

[baclips6]

Originally posted by: nallur
Can someone who has installed it, go to your FireFox profile folder (Documents and Settings/yourname/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/somename/) and see if you have a user.js file. If you do, what's in it? Thanks.

Originally posted by: yapagaldil
man this works like charm... thanx a lot.

opened user.js in Notepad:

// Enable pipelining:
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipe lining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100)

 

[dblagent]

It helped me out also, it was a noticable load time increase.

here is the text in the user.js file

// Settings added by Firefox Patcher
user_pref("network.http.pipelining­ ­ ", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipe­ ­ lining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining­ ­ .maxrequests",
100);

 

[Jadugar]

All that patch probably does is add those lines to the user.js and/or change some stuff in prefs.js

If you dont cant download the zip file like the guy on linux, just create a user.js file with your local text editor and put those lines in it.

Jadugar

 

[Keitero]

Its hot, its free, what more can you want?

 

[AsianriceX]

This is exactly the same thing that happens when you change those settings in about:config.

And for any naysayers out there that think you need to create a user.js file, mozilla.org says otherwise.

 

[Magic Dragon]

yep, it's faster

nice find

 

[MX2]

holy cow!

 

[Wolverine27]

Awesome! Big thumbs up :thumbsup: !!!