How To Speed up Firefox

[kittyhawk63]

This is ONLY for Broadband users

This information was found on the Firefox site.

Start Firefox

Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit <return> or <enter>.

Scroll down and look for the following:
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 requests at once, which speeds up page loading.

Alter (set) the following lines by double clicking them: (They will go from "false" to "true".)

1. Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

2. Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

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

4. Lastly, right click anywhere and select "New" -> "Integer". Type "nglayout.initial.delay" and set its value to "0". (zero)
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it retrieves.

Now, if you're using broadband, the web pages should load much faster. I noticed a considerable difference on charter.com. :)

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[SorenK]

That actually worked quite well. I already had most of the settings that way, but the initial delay one made quite a difference.

[floke]

That last one seems to have given me a nice extra zip.
Cheers for the heads up!

[pelikan]

the Fasterfox extension will do this for you as well.

[SorenK]

the Fasterfox extension will do this for you as well.

It didn't do the last one.

[pelikan]

It didn't do the last one.

Thanks. I'll add that one.