- May 20, 2004
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So I was looking around at the AfterDawn forums and found some nifty tricks to speed up firefox. They work for me. I hope you can use them too.
Some more stuff I found .. this is even more comprehensive .. thanks to yourdeardaniel
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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 (zero). 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!
You have to close your browser after you make the changes. When you start it back up they will be in effect.
Some more stuff I found .. this is even more comprehensive .. thanks to yourdeardaniel
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