Make Firefox Much Faster

[barrington]

For those of you on broadband using Firefox (and if you're not, you should be shot), here's a trick to make it perform MUCH MUCH faster and load pages in an eyeblink. Impressive.

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 5. This means it will make 5 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!

[acliff]

And for those cretins who are still typing with just their index fingers and think CPU is about giving the kiss of life to floppy drives (...), here is a piece of software to do it automatically for you.

click here if you are marginally retarded

I have been doing it the hard way for months now, and it is easy, but could be really confusing to unexperienced users. That download is really useful thanks!

[barrington]

Curses.

[frodo1511]

Does it screw up with IE on? I put it on the PC downstairs a couple months ago(an old '98 Compaq) which had IE 5 on it. 2 weeks later, the machine went to sleep indefiniately, so I had to toss it. Now I'm skeptical about putting it on mine, which runs IE all the time.

Dosen't really bother me if I don't use Firefox-broadband is fast enough, and with Service Pack 2, all pop-ups are now blocked.

[acliff]

One of many reasons why you should be shot.

[frodo1511]

Originally Posted by acliff

One of many reasons why you should be shot.

Why, because, when I downloaded it with IE on, my computer exploded into tiny pieces? I tried to convert, but I encountered resistence.

Because, I think he means, you use IE when you should use Firefox. There's IE on this machine, because I share it with people who will insist on using IE, but I personally use Firefox, I've made the changes (manually) and thanks Barrington for the tips, it's working like a charm.

[frodo1511]

Ok, Ok, I downloaded the thing, HAPPY?!
works like a charm, and I like the fact that you can use both IE and FF at the same time.

[Narg]

Had this fix for about a week now, pretty sexy stuff eh.

[deviljet88]

Mmm... being marginally retarded means I get a faster firefox. *ponders which is better* Thanks for the link, didn't know there was one.

Edit: Had to do it the "hard" way because link didn't work for me.

[Ranman]

Hey it worked for me

Thanx Baz

[ryan]

good stuff.

[CFC]

[Ranman]

now thats funny

[Narg]

Go Buddy Jesus.

[JackYang]

Meh isn't firefox already fast. ?

[deviljet88]

No its bloody slow compared to Internet Explorer on most sites. Its slightly better now, but I think speed wise IE is still faster for me. Using Firefox still because I'm paranoid and like tabbed browsing.

[seitanic]

hmmm there's a slight noticeable difference

thanks

[JackYang]

Well, thruth is IE got the shittiest security. It basicly attracts all the spywares iwthout blocking them.